in today's video we're going to be going over nine early signs of pre-diabetes pre-diabetes
precedes type 2 diabetes and is diagnosed when an individual's fasting blood sugar
is between 100 and 125 milligrams per deciliter or 5.6 to 6.9 millimolars per liter
more than one in three americans has pre-diabetes and this rate is comparable for other western
countries such as canada and australia as well if you catch pre-diabetes early
it is easier to bring your fasting blood sugar down and reverse the diagnosis
and there are several signs that you can watch out for that are indicators that are headed towards
pre-diabetes so in today's video i'm going to be giving you nine early signs of pre-diabetes
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to start your free trial today as mentioned at the start of this video pre-diabetes is
characterized by having high fasting blood sugar higher than what is considered to be normal but
not high enough to be what is classified as type 2 diabetes yet up to 70 of people with pre-diabetes
will eventually develop type 2 diabetes so the odds of avoiding it are not in your favor but just
because they are not in your favor does not mean that they can't be proven wrong it is possible to
reverse pre-diabetes and even type 2 diabetes but the thing is is the further it progresses
the longer it's going to take to reverse which is why i'm making this video today we are going to be
talking about early signs and symptoms that can help you to realize you need to take action now
because even just having pre-diabetes increases your risk of heart disease stroke and more
and for women pcos and infertility but with that being said let's get into the nine early signs
of pre-diabetes number one excess belly fat if you carry a lot of weight around your midsection
this can be an early indicator of pre-diabetes there are two main types of fat subcutaneous fat
and visceral fat subcutaneous fat is considered to be the good type of fat and is any fat that
you can pinch this fat can be stored in various areas around the body and it is essential for
human health to have some percentage of it women require a higher body fat percentage than men do
and especially for women it's important because if they drop below the threshold of the body
fat percentage they need they can experience side effects such as irregular periods and infertility
visceral fat on the other hand is stored in our abdomen around our organs this type of fat is
hard and is not essential for human health it actually causes inflammation in the body and
visceral fat is an indicator of pre-diabetes because it causes glucose intolerance aka
the body's ability to regulate blood sugar it is strongly associated with an increased risk
of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes so if you carry a lot of fat around your midsection and
especially if this fat is hard to the touch this is a pretty strong indicator that you're headed
towards pre-diabetes number two sugar cravings if you experience frequent sugar cravings and
especially before you eat this is another indicator that you're headed towards pre-diabetes
this happens because our bodies are not regulating blood sugar levels properly the cells in your body
are not able to absorb the glucose or sugar in our bloodstream the way that they should
so you're eating and the energy is there in your system but your cells can't access it or
can't access it efficiently and this causes the sugar cravings number three high blood pressure
high blood pressure is another early sign of pre-diabetes over 26 percent of people worldwide
have what is considered to be high blood pressure and over half of these cases are caused by insulin
resistance maybe even more than half we haven't talked about insulin resistance yet in this video
but it's basically when the cells in your body become resistant to the actions of insulin
just as the name says and insulin is what brings the excess sugar from your blood to
your cells for them to use as energy so this ties in with the last symptom which is sugar cravings
which was caused by the cells not being able to regulate blood sugar and this is caused by
insulin resistance and insulin resistance is what causes pre-diabetes and eventually type 2 diabetes
and it's also what causes a lot of high blood pressure cases normal blood pressure is considered
to be between 90 over 60 and 120 over 80. high blood pressure is considered to be anything above
130 over 80. so if you have high blood pressure you might be headed towards pre-diabetes number
four acne acne can also be a sign of pre-diabetes especially for women when our body is not
regulating blood sugar efficiently this leads to insulin levels staying higher than they should and
high insulin levels can cause the ovaries to make more male hormones with more male hormones being
produced the skin becomes oilier and breakouts can happen these breakouts can happen not only on your
face but also on your chest and your back as well number five dark skin patches dark skin patches
can be another sign of pre-diabetes high levels of insulin in the blood can trigger the appearance of
dark dry patches of skin usually these will appear on skin folds in your armpits around your neck and
your groin now before we get into the final four symptoms i'm going to take a quick moment to tell
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video and now let's get back into the signs of pre-diabetes number six frequent urination if
you find that you always have to pee this can be another sign of pre-diabetes frequent urination
is defined as having to pee seven or more times over the course of a day if you drink two liters
of water because insulin is not regulating blood sugar efficiently the kidneys have to create
more urine to pass the excess sugar from the blood number seven increased thirst and of course
if you're peeing more you're going to be thirstier so this sign goes hand in hand with the last one
number eight fatigued if you find that you are feeling tired all the time despite getting enough
sleep this can be a sign of pre-diabetes this goes along with the sugar cravings sign that
we spoke about earlier if our cells are not able to use glucose efficiently they are not getting
the energy they need and they cannot function properly leaving us feeling drained as a result
number nine blurred vision and the final sign of pre-diabetes we're going to talk about today
is blurred vision and this one can be pretty scary elevated blood sugar can cause the tissues
around the eyes to swell distorting the shape of the lens and this can cause vision to become
blurry even when wearing glasses or contacts and those are nine early signs of pre-diabetes
so if you have even one or more of these signs it could be an indicator that you are headed
towards pre-diabetes but as i said at the start the earlier you catch it the better so you might
be wondering what if you do have a lot of these symptoms what can you do to prevent pre-diabetes
well you might remember that earlier in the video i spoke about how pre-diabetes is caused
by insulin resistance and that is what we need to address if we want to prevent or reverse
pre-diabetes because if you have multiple of the symptoms we talked about in this video today
it is very likely that you are insulin resistant now i have a lot of videos on my channel talking
about insulin resistance and how to reverse it but i'm going to link one up above right here that i
think is going to help you the most this video gives you three tips you can start implementing
in order to reverse insulin resistance which is going to prevent pre-diabetes i'm talking
super easy diet and lifestyle changes you can start making today so click that video up above
if you want to know more anyways guys that's all i have for you today so to quickly recap
the nine early signs of pre-diabetes number one excess belly fat number two sugar cravings
number three high blood pressure number four acne number five dark skin patches number six frequent
urination number seven increased thirst number eight fatigue and number nine blurred vision let
me know in the comment section down below how many of these signs you have and if you have
already been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or not and thank you again to squarespace for sponsoring
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below now if you did enjoy this video you might also enjoy the video that i mentioned earlier
on three steps you can take to reverse insulin resistance you can check it out here if you want
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