Understanding High Blood Sugar and Insulin Resistance: Learn the Warning Signs

This is a condition in people that develops before they get type 2 diabetes. Sometimes you will hear words like 'you are becoming glucose intolerant' or 'insulin resistant'. What it basically means is that your blood sugar levels have reached the higher than normal level - and yet not quite high enough that you are considered to have diabetes.

When people are in the prediabetes phase, the pancreas is producing enough insulin when you eat carbohydrates, but the insulin has become less effective in removing that sugar from your bloodstream. Then your blood sugar rises.

If you have been told you are pre-diabetic, you are not alone because in 2015, in the USA, it was estimated that there were over 84.1 million Americans over the age of 18 who were in that stage. If you work that out, it equates to 1 in 3 people.

If you are pre-diabetic, it doesn't mean you are definitely going to get full-blown diabetes, but you need to be aware of what could lie ahead for you. You stand the risk of developing type 2 diabetes 5-15 times higher than a person who has normal blood sugar levels.

If you don't start making healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle, the warning signs don't go away; they increase. Only 10% of those who have prediabetes realize it because often the symptoms just don't display.