Beat Pre-Diabetes

What is a PREDIABETIC?

Most of the people told that they are prediabetic- or "borderline diabetic" have no real idea what this means. They assume that they will become Diabetic if they don't do something, or that they are somehow about to be able to "beat" becoming Diabetic, with the help of their doctor. Others assume that because their relatives had Diabetes, that their destiny is inevitable.

The sad part of these assumptions is that the greatest threat to someone labeled as "borderline diabetic" is NOT DIABETES. The greatest threat to the prediabetic is almost unthinkable. Stroke or Heart attack are the two most deadly or crippling situations that are lurking silently in the future. Doctors know this and throw statin medications at prediabetes like rice at a wedding.

This practice is wrong, and wrong on many levels- first it doesn't help. Second it pushes the sugar levels higher and third, it gives the patient (or should we say "victim") a false sense of security. The prediabetic has become pro-adhesive (just as it sounds "sticky arteries") pro-thrombotic ( favored to have a thrombus- which becomes a clot) and atherosclerotic. Atherogenesis starts long before prediabetes- this means the narrowing and hardening of the arteries- and with the increased "stickiness" of pro-adhesive conditions- this means more "stuff" can stick to or become lodged in the arteries. The prediabetic also has high levels of insulin, deseperately pumped into the blood by the beta cells of the Pancreas to attempt to keep blood sugar levels normal. The Insulin is starting to fail to do its job- and as proof, you have a "slightly elevated" level of glucose (sugar) in your blood. Add to this mess that you are hypercoagulable (high propensity for your blood to coagulate, or clot) and it is easy to see that a prediabetic is in serious peril.

High levels of inflammation exist as a result of the situation, and obesity, if not present, generally will become worse unless the person with this condition starts to take measures to stop all of these things from adding up and causing serious harm or death. The medical community believe that the general population is too stupid to understand these concepts, and they do not get paid to educate, nor to they get paid to do continuing education for themselves. They follow protocols that make hospitals, drug companies and cardiologists all fabulously wealthy.

I don't care about the cardiologists, the drug companies or the hospitals. I care about you. Why? Because I was once just like you- and I was never informed that I was sick. I rode the risk all the way to Type 2 Diabetes, and the ride up was silent. The fight back down? I was alone, lost and scared. It is my wish to take you away from ever being alone, afraid or lost.

My Type 2 Diabetes is undetectable. I guarantee, if you read this book, in entirety- you will know more about Prediabetes than you will ever pry out of your doctor, endocrinologist, cardiologist or the internet. Very few people have my status as an ex-diabetic. I was absolutely ignorant and became wildly out of control and developed many health issues as a result- now, as undetectable as a Type 2 Diabetic, having learned precisely how and why I needed to change the bad lifestyle I was living , in order to have a better and longer life- I can tell you it is a lot harder to go from 10.9% average blood sugar back down to 5.6%, than it is to go from where you are (5.7 to 6.4% is prediabetic).

If you act now, and act right, you will be able to erase the situation you are in and diminish the impending stroke or heart attack you would have soon found yourself facing. Oh, you have had a heart attack, stroke or DVT (deep vein thrombosis)? How do you like your blood thinners, low salt, low fat diet? It sucks, right? Imagine trying to cut out sugar and refined carbs- as well as most fruits? Sound like fun? No, it isn't.

Put your seat belt on, we're going for a ride.