A new study has found that many people who have prediabetes are unaware of their status and aren’t taking measures to keep the condition from developing into diabetes.
Researchers from the Division of Diabetes Translation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, studied more than 1,400 adults with the condition. Participants were interviewed on their weight loss and exercise attempts and were given both a fasting plasma glucose test and an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.
They found that more than 90 percent of Americans with prediabetes don’t know that they have the condition. In addition, only about half of the individuals with prediabetes said they were taking steps to reduce their risk, such as losing weight or exercising more.
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), prediabetics have blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Recent research has shown that some long-term damage to the body, especially the heart and circulatory system, may already be occurring during prediabetes.
In addition to weight loss and exercise, nutritional supplements containing cassia cinnamon, chromium, ginseng, glucomannan, guar gum, gymnema, magnesium, milk thistle, prickly pear cactus, soy and stevia may be used to treat or prevent type 2 diabetes.
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