How to Stop Prediabetes and High Blood Sugar Levels Destroying Your Health?

By >> Beverleigh H Piepers

Prediabetes, well you would think you either have type 2 diabetes or you don't!  In one way it's true, you don't yet have type 2 but it's certainly trying to catch you.  Already changes are going on inside your body and they have been for a time now, probably a couple of years.  These changes have affected how your body uses both insulin and sugar.

Blood sugar levels vary through the day, your levels are lower before eating and naturally higher following a meal.  Your recent test for fasting blood sugars showing you were prediabetic, would have been between 100 to 125 mg/dl (5.5 to 6.9 mmol/l).  Levels higher than 126 mg/dl (7 mmol/l) indicate full blown type 2 diabetes.  The impaired or prediabetic range for the glucose tolerance test is between 140 to 199 mg/dl (7.8 to 11 mmol/l).

High Blood Sugar Symptoms: 5 Warning Signs Of Diabetes

By >> Jaye Marno

There are five symptoms generally associated with high blood sugar, as well as a few other warning signs you should be aware of.

1. Are you thirsty all the time?

Increased thirst is one of the classic high blood sugar symptoms. There\'s a reason for this. Your body is trying to wash the excess blood sugar -- also called 'blood glucose' -- out of your system. Your body needs more fluids to wash the glucose out, so you become thirsty and drink more.

2. Do you make more visits to the restroom?

Another classic symptom is having to urinate almost as frequently as you get something to drink. This only makes sense, since you\'re taking so much fluid in. But remember your body is also trying to wash the blood sugar out -- and the fastest way out is to urinate.