Is diabetes reversible with diet and exercise

Is diabetes reversible in early stages is a widely asked question. Diabetes is a condition and high sugars in the blood is just a symptom.

The actual disease is the disruptive metabolism. What kills us are diabetic complications that damage our circulatory and nerve systems over time.

This affects every organ system of the body, from the brain to the toes.

A person with per-diabetes has sugar levels higher than normal levels. The HbA1c range indicating per-diabetes is 5.7 to 6.4.

Pre-diabetes indicates a higher risk of a person developing diabetes but with the right lifestyle modification, diet, exercise, and medication the Pre-diabetes is reversible.

It has been proved that Pre-diabetes is reversible, unlike diabetes.

Diabetes type I is the consequence of destruction of beta-cells on the pancreas by the immune system or the whole pancreas has been damaged by disease.

This is irreversible. Insulin is always needed.

Diabetes Type 2 is driven by a genetic tendency for cells to resist the attachment of insulin.

The Beta cells secrete more and more insulin to overcome this resistance. At some point this increased insulin cannot lower blood sugar to safe levels.

The good news is that many in the early stages of Diabetes Type 2 can achieve near normal blood sugar through proper diet and daily exercise.

These two things are key to good blood glucose levels even if medication has to be added.

A diet that limits the amount of carbohydrates is really helpful because carbs are quickly converted into glucose.

Glucose is the sugar that our bodies run on and insulin acts as a sort of gate keeper.

Daily exercise is wonderful because it increases insulin sensitivity.

If thorough diet and exercise the type 2 diabetic gains good blood sugar management, it is possible that this will be for life.

But don’t be so relaxed, any negligence in health can lead to death of Beta cells causing blood sugar to elevate again.

The only cure is to go back in time and choose parents that don’t have the genes that lead to Diabetes Type 2.

The complex and dynamic nature of metabolism has thrown challenges in understanding the disruption in the metabolism.

This throws out a challenge on the possibility of implementing what is the so-called healthy lifestyle as what is needed for an individual at that point of time knowing his metabolic condition.

Research clearly indicates that un-monitored dieting is evil for damaged metabolic bodies,

as when we cut the source of sugars, sugars get normalized but at the expense of elevated health parameters and subsequently leading to organ damage eventually.

Hence living a healthy lifestyle can ensure that someone doesn’t disrupt the metabolism but blindly trying a healthy lifestyle without medication is not recommended.

This is where a precision solution is required which needs diabetes technology to offer precision-ed treatment.

How to control diabetes through healthy life-style

For diabetic people, it’s important to strictly monitor what they eat.

A balanced diet, the right nutrition coupled with a healthy lifestyle helps in averting the risk of complications of diabetes from an early stage.

Avoid obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, high blood cholesterol levels, and blood pressure.

It’s beneficial to avoid these as these factors directly influence blood sugar levels and type-2 diabetes.

Controlling these also facilitates delaying diabetic complications such as heart problems, strokes, kidney dysfunction, nerve, and eye damage.

Avoiding saturated fats such as cheese, red meat could help in maintaining heart health, by keeping cholesterol levels under check, in diabetics.

For a borderline diabetic, processed food, fried food, refined flour and its items, butter and artificially sweetened desserts, sodas, sweetened drinks, should be strictly avoided to manage the risk factor like obesity, high cholesterol, etc.

The regulation and control of blood sugar levels, as well as cholesterol levels, should be a priority in patients with borderline diabetes/predicates.

Foods with a high Glycemic index such as white bread, white rice, potatoes should be limited whereas Low Glycemic Index foods should be preferred such as green leafy vegetables, carrots, fruits, lentils, low-fat dairy products.

A balanced diet with Fiber-rich food such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, beans, lentils, etc really helps in controlling blood sugar levels.

The practice of controlling portion size goes a long way and helps in keeping blood sugar levels under normal ranges.

Exercising regularly, keeping yourself physically active can help in delaying the crisis, as it results in managing BP, blood sugar levels, weight.

It also improves insulin sensitivity.

Quitting smoking helps in reducing oxidative stress in the body and managing BP, which in turn reduces the likeliness of developing type-2 diabetes.

Avoid alcohol intake helps in controlling weight, Blood pressure, and triglyceride level which further lead to obesity and high blood sugar.

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