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More than one in three American adults has prediabetes, a condition marked by too-high blood sugar levels. And while it can put you on a fast-track to Type 2 diabetes – as well as the health complications that accompany it – unlike diabetes, prediabetes is not just manageable; it’s reversible, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In fact, a 2012 review published in The Lancet concluded that, through lifestyle modifications alone, people with prediabetes can cut their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 40 to 70 percent. Those modifications include weight loss, exercise, stress management and improved sleeping habits, but perhaps the most important change you can make when trying to manage or even reverse prediabetes is nutrition, says New York City-based registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Laura Cipullo, author of “Everyday Diabetes Meals: Cooking for One or Two.”
Below are six nutrition guidelines that can help you lower your blood sugar to put prediabetes in your past.