There are several factors that come into play when you develop prediabetes.
In this article, I'm to discuss what takes place when these factors all converge.
When your metabolism is normal, your blood sugar is generally controlled in a very narrow range from around 70 mg/dl why you've not eaten for a period of several hours.
It'll run as high as 139 mg/dl an hour after you've last eaten.
These numbers are based on the fact your body has a very tight control over your blood glucose.
However, when that control starts to slip, you run into to problems...
You have likely heard of insulin.
It's a hormone that enters the blood stream and impacts all the cells throughout your body.
Insulin will open the cells so glucose can enter them and provide all the energy your muscles, organs and fat need.
Without insulin, the glucose in your blood can't be utilized.
It's insulin that permits the building of muscles and fat.
You can't build your body without insulin.
Your blood glucose will start to rise if you don't have sufficient insulin or if the insulin in your body isn't working correctly.
This is referred to as insulin resistance.
When the glucose rises to 180 mg/dl in your blood, your kidneys can no longer return all the glucose to the blood.
The excess glucose then starts to spill into your urine and you start to develop some very annoying complications.
Because the glucose with prediabetes can rise to as high as 199 mg/dl, you can have several complications, even with prediabetes.
These complications include: - Frequent urination accompanied by thirst because the glucose in the urine takes the water out of your body and fills your bladder.
This makes your urinate more often.
As you lose the water, you become more thirsty and it starts all over again.
- Fatigue because the cells are not getting the energy they need.
- Persistent vaginal infection in women because here is some spilling of glucose over the vaginal tissues.
As the insulin in your body continues to decline or becomes less effective, you start to develop long term complications such as heart disease, eye disease, kidney disease and nerve disease.
At this point, you'll have diabetes.
You can still prevent all of these complications by never allowing yourself to get to this stage.
But with prediabetes, these situation can be avoided if you make the necessary lifestyle changes.
In this article, I'm to discuss what takes place when these factors all converge.
When your metabolism is normal, your blood sugar is generally controlled in a very narrow range from around 70 mg/dl why you've not eaten for a period of several hours.
It'll run as high as 139 mg/dl an hour after you've last eaten.
These numbers are based on the fact your body has a very tight control over your blood glucose.
However, when that control starts to slip, you run into to problems...
You have likely heard of insulin.
It's a hormone that enters the blood stream and impacts all the cells throughout your body.
Insulin will open the cells so glucose can enter them and provide all the energy your muscles, organs and fat need.
Without insulin, the glucose in your blood can't be utilized.
It's insulin that permits the building of muscles and fat.
You can't build your body without insulin.
Your blood glucose will start to rise if you don't have sufficient insulin or if the insulin in your body isn't working correctly.
This is referred to as insulin resistance.
When the glucose rises to 180 mg/dl in your blood, your kidneys can no longer return all the glucose to the blood.
The excess glucose then starts to spill into your urine and you start to develop some very annoying complications.
Because the glucose with prediabetes can rise to as high as 199 mg/dl, you can have several complications, even with prediabetes.
These complications include: - Frequent urination accompanied by thirst because the glucose in the urine takes the water out of your body and fills your bladder.
This makes your urinate more often.
As you lose the water, you become more thirsty and it starts all over again.
- Fatigue because the cells are not getting the energy they need.
- Persistent vaginal infection in women because here is some spilling of glucose over the vaginal tissues.
As the insulin in your body continues to decline or becomes less effective, you start to develop long term complications such as heart disease, eye disease, kidney disease and nerve disease.
At this point, you'll have diabetes.
You can still prevent all of these complications by never allowing yourself to get to this stage.
But with prediabetes, these situation can be avoided if you make the necessary lifestyle changes.