Prediabetes is a condition in which your blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes. Still, the stakes are high. If you have prediabetes, the long-term damage of diabetes — especially to your heart and circulatory system — may already be starting.
In the United States, 54 million adults have prediabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. Without intervention, prediabetes is likely to become type 2 diabetes in as little as 10 years.
There's good news, however. Progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes isn't inevitable. With healthy lifestyle changes — such as eating healthy foods, including physical activity in your daily routine and maintaining a healthy weight — you may be able to bring your blood sugar level back to normal.
Healthy lifestyle choices can help you prevent prediabetes and its progression to type 2 diabetes — even if diabetes runs in your family.
Eat healthy foods.
Get more physical activity.
Lose excess pounds.
If the list looks familiar, you're onto something. The same lifestyle changes that can treat or even reverse prediabetes help prevent the condition, too.
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