Diagnosed pre-diabetic when i was 15 does this mean i will acquire diabeties later in life?
Gabe asked:
It runs in both sides of my familys. when i was 15 i was around 5′10 and 238 pounds. My doctor wanted me to get tested for diabeties and it turned out i was pre-diabetic and that if i gained any more weight i was going to have full diabeties. they sent me to a nutritionist and within 6 months i got down to 208 pounds but i was never tested for diabeties again after that they just said i should be okay with my weight down.
It runs in both sides of my familys. when i was 15 i was around 5′10 and 238 pounds. My doctor wanted me to get tested for diabeties and it turned out i was pre-diabetic and that if i gained any more weight i was going to have full diabeties. they sent me to a nutritionist and within 6 months i got down to 208 pounds but i was never tested for diabeties again after that they just said i should be okay with my weight down.
I’ve struggled with my weight a lot lately. Im 19 now and gained to 250 pounds last year and started having multiple symptoms of diabeties and have sucessfully come back down to 198 after 6 months of dieting/exercising. However i still have some of the symptoms. Is it possible to have diabeties even after losing the weight when the symptoms occured?
My symptoms are feeling very fatigued nearly all the time, my right foot sometimes goes numb/tingly for moments, sometimes i get bouts of like trembling and shakiness and blurry vision
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Weight isn’t what causes Diabetes, although it does have a high correlation with it. The reason being overweight is often associated with Diabetes is because of the lifestyle it entails. Diabetes is all about not controlling your blood sugar. If you want to know if you are at risk for Diabetes, or if you have it, get a Glucometer from the store and check your blood glucose level. Here are the levels that it should be:
If you have a blood glucose above 200 mg/dL for more than 2 hours straight after eating a meal
If you have a blood glucose above 125mg/dL after fasting for 8 hours
If you have a blood glucose above 200 mg/dL multiple times when just doing random tests throughout the day.
What symptoms are you experiencing? Some of them can be pretty broad, while others can be pretty specific for Diabetes.
If you are Diabetic, it is not the end of the world. I see diabetics in my office all the time that are perfectly healthy and have had it for 20+ years. The key to living with Diabetes is controlling what you eat. If you can maintain a low blood glucose level than it won’t matter if you have Diabetes or not. Excercise is extremely helpful too. Good luck.
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You will probably be a full blown diabetic within 10 years. You must get on a low glycimic index and load diet.
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.
The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.
The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn’t tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food’s effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn’t a lot of it, so watermelon’s glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.
Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.
Continue losing weight , keep up the exercise.
And yes it is possible that you now have diabetes. Get a meter and check yourself. Tingling in the feet could be diabetic neuropathy….
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It is still possible that you will acquire diabetes later in life even after losing weight. However, weight loss will greatly reduce your chances that this will happen. It’s amazing that you’ve been able to shed more than 50 pounds in six months.
I would recommend that you get your blood sugars rechecked by a doctor if you can, especially considering your symptoms.
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My daughter was a little overweight when she was younger and was told the same thing you were. Later she cut out sodas and began exercising consistently, and still ended up developing diabetes (type 2). Weight is not a guarantee that you will or won’t get diabetes. ———————————–