Hi, I was diagnosed as prediabetic (a1c of 5.7, glucose of 117 as a non-fasting patient) and I have an appointment to talk to a care facilitator about this at the advice of my doctor (I don't know what the facilitator will say yet) but it's more than possible that she'll bring up the issue of low-fat stuff, because that's a mantra of the medical profession. I don't think all fats are good, but fuller-fat things (e.g. full-fat dairy) seem to be more mentally satisfying (even though I have problems getting physically satisfied on anything, but I attribute that to my prediabetes condition), and if something is mentally satisfying, my mind is not as much on edge and I won't want to grab every food in sight. How does one reconcile with this? I understand the low-carb thing, even though when I've tried to eat low-carb I've felt weak and light-headed, so I don't know how people do this either. Like fats, I don't think all carbs are bad but I do agree that the refined carbs most definitely are.
I was diagnosed as prediabetic about 10 years ago. My fasting glucose stayed, mostly, in the range of 120 to 130. I was overweight. On the BMI (Body Mass Index) scale, I was in the Obese Class 1 section. My doctor said the single best thing I could do, for my prediabetes, was to lose weight.
Over a few months after that, I managed to lose about 10lbs and my fasting glucose stayed, mostly, in the 110 to 120 range. Finding it difficult to lose more weight, I stayed in the 110 to 120 range for the next 3-4 years. Then I decided to start jogging. Well, LoL, it started out as walking, fairly slowly, for short distances (1/2 mile), and built up from there, walking a little farther, at a faster pace, each week. About a year later, after a short warm up, I could run for 1.5 miles, non-stop. Over the course of that year, I dropped a little weight, 5lbs or so, but my fasting glucose change dramatically. At the end of that year, my fasting glucose stayed, mostly, in the 95 (normal) to 105 range. So, at least for me, 3 day/week jogging/walking exercise (without much weight lose) dropped my fasting glucose by 15 points.
Last year, I got really serious, through running, weight lifting and intermittent fasting, I lost 37lbs in 5.5 months. On the BMI scale, I was about 8lbs over my ideal weight. My fasting glucose stayed, mostly, in the 85 to 100 range (all in the normal range). My doctor was right, losing weight would take care of my prediabetes, it's gone. For the intermittent fasting, I ate all of the day's food in an 8 hour period and didn't eat anything during the remaining 16 hours of the day. I ate whatever foods I wanted, didn't count calories, carbs, etc. The only other requirement was that the portion size, for all of the meals I ate, was in the medium to small range, no large portion sized meals. It made a difference.
I might have to do what she says but man it felt good to eat it...
