TRIBUNPAPUABARAT.COM – Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that can lead to blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and other serious conditions.
Before diabetes is diagnosed, there is a period when blood sugar levels are high, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
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This is known as prediabetes.
It is estimated that up to 70% of people with prediabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes.
Here are 5 ways to avoid type 2 diabetes Tribunnews quote from Healthline.com:
1. Reduce Sugar and Carbohydrates
Eating sugary foods and refined carbohydrates can put people at risk on the fast track to developing diabetes.
The body quickly breaks down these foods into small sugar molecules, which are absorbed into the bloodstream.
A rise in blood sugar stimulates the pancreas to produce insulin, a hormone that helps sugar move out of the bloodstream and into the body’s cells.
In people with prediabetes, the body’s cells are resistant to insulin action, so sugar remains high in the blood.
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