What is prediabetes: key symptoms, a1c levels, and essential lab values

Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Today, we're excited to kick off our new series on prediabetes, a condition that affects approximately 96 million U.S. adults. In this comprehensive episode of the Diabetes Digital Podcast, hosts Jessica Jones and Wendy Lopez delve into everything you need to know about prediabetes. We start by explaining the difference between a prediabetes and diabetes diagnosis, highlighting that many people with prediabetes may not experience any symptoms. Common signs include thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, and blurred vision, while women may also notice specific symptoms like PCOS, irregular menstrual cycles, and unexplained weight gain. We then break down A1c levels, what they mean, and cover other essential lab values such as Fasting Blood Glucose, Lipid Profile, and Blood Pressure. Finally, we provide practical advice on managing and potentially reversing prediabetes through self-care and diet. Tune in for valuable insights and check out our prediabetes conditions page and quiz for more information.

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0:00.0	Welcome back, everyone. We are thrilled to bring you another episode of the Diabetes Digital
0:06.2	podcast. And today, we're going to be talking about a condition that affects so many people,
0:12.8	and that is pre-diabetes. And I want to emphasize that it affects so many people, because oftentimes
0:18.7	when people get a pre-diabetes diagnosis, they start freaking out.
0:22.6	They're like, oh my God, I'm going to get diabetes. It's the end of the world. Especially if they
0:27.9	have a family member who maybe had uncontrolled diabetes at some point and they had complications,
0:34.5	it just becomes really scary and people start to panic. And we want to talk about
0:40.5	pre-diabetes because the great thing about pre-diabetes is that you still have opportunity to
0:47.0	reverse it and get it back to the normal range. And we're going to be talking about that
0:51.1	today. And there's also a lot of resources available to you. A lot of
0:56.0	resources online, a lot of resources available through us, if you don't already know, we do offer
1:01.0	nutrition counseling for pre-diabetes and for diabetes specifically. And it's as simple as filling
1:08.1	out our pre-diabetes quiz, which is on our website, diabetes
1:11.2	digital.co.
1:12.4	And we can see what your needs are.
1:15.3	If you have insurance, what your benefits are, if it's going to cover counseling, which
1:19.8	for most people it does.
1:22.2	So make sure that you check that out.
1:24.6	Welcome to the Diabetes Digital Podcast.
1:27.2	I'm Wendy. And I'm Jess and we're
1:29.2	best friends, registered dieticians and diabetes educators. Through our telehealth platform,
1:34.4	diabetes digital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people
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