I am a pre diabetic as per my HBA1C done thrice in one year it was 6, 6.1 and 5.9 What should I do? I do not eat much sugar but I love sweets when I am stressful. I am teetotaler. Pastries and sweet beverages makes me feel good and energized even though I control the intake. How to control it? My parents are diabetic too. So may be that could be the reason for me to might have diabetes in future. Any suggestion is valuable.
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Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for the query. HbA1c% between 5.7 to 6.4 is considered as pre-diabetic. Fortunately a person in prediabetic stage can prevent progression to diabetes permanently or postpone it for a fairly long time provided he maintains normal weight, takes restricted diet, exercises for more than 1 hour a day, increases intake of green leafy vegetables and salads plus fruits. Plus restricts sweets intake, avoid deep fried foods, junk foods, pastries and bakery items and food made form maida. Your present BMI is 25.73 kgs (normal < 23 kgs). I have gone through the details given about your preferences. However, if you want to remain free from diabetes or postpone it then there is no alternative but to reduce intake of sweets and pastries. The choice is yours. With the family history of diabetes you have definite genetic tendancy to develop diabetes. Thanks.
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Try to bring in discipline in your daily routine and stick to the plan. It's just the beginning of knowing yourself better so that you can train yourself how to behave when such situations happen again. Please do not be hasty and improve each aspect of your personality slowly with patience. Learn Yoga which is holistic in its nature and integrates the mind and body and help you stay healthy and confident. When you give priority to health then it would not be a burden to follow healthy rules. You need to appreciate your small improvements also rather than only blame yourself for every small shortcomings. Try to relax your mind and body by adapting Yoga ( which if done consistently will help you avoid daibetes and other health problems in future ).
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