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Type 2 diabetes requires lifelong management, often including medication. But prediabetes, if diagnosed before it progresses to type 2 diabetes, can be treated and may even be reversed. Small, actionable changes to your lifestyle can go a long way toward lowering blood sugar and keeping prediabetes in check. Here are a few things you can start doing today to reverse prediabetes and prevent type 2 diabetes:
- Lose weight: Research shows that you can cut your risk for type 2 diabetes in half by losing 5-7 percent of your body weight. If you are 200 pounds, that is 10-15 pounds.
- Move more: Exercising moderately (walking briskly, for example) for 30 minutes a day, five days a week can help reduce blood sugar levels.
- Eat well: Eat more healthy foods, such as vegetables, fruits, and lean proteins (fish, chicken, turkey, tofu, eggs, yogurt, to name a few). Eat fewer foods that are high in calories, fat, and sugar, and avoid trans fat and eat less saturated fat.
Prediabetes is a serious condition, and diagnosis is key. Want to know more about your prediabetes risk? Take the prediabetes risk test now to know where you stand!