CDC - Over 1 in 3 Americans has Prediabetes

[SP33Demon]

Amazing but true: 86 million American adults—more than 1 out of 3—have prediabetes. What’s more, 90% of people with prediabetes don’t know they have it. Could this be you? Read on to find out the facts and what you can do to stay healthy.

http://www.cdc.gov/features/diabetesprevention/

This is insane. Luckily it's reversible. I'm pretty sure I was going down that road during my MMORPG days before I realized I was wasting my sweet genetics on something that will never matter in the end. People who are addicted to video gaming and/or TV shows and/or sugar, it's time to wake up now.

You can reverse this if you make that change today. First change what you eat, and then try to pack on muscle as a calorie burner. Otherwise you're going to be injecting yourself with an insulin needle for the rest of your life or need to wear a pump that will inject you for the rest of your life. Ask people here with diabetes if they would have done something if they knew they had prediabetes and I bet they would have. It's a terrible affliction and its ripple effects can be debilitating:

Diabetes affects every major organ in the body. People with diabetes often develop significant complications, such as kidney failure, blindness, and nerve damage, which can lead to amputation of a toe, foot, or leg. Some studies suggest that diabetes doubles the risk of depression, and that risk increases as more diabetes-related health problems develop. All can sharply reduce quality of life.

 

[JEDIYoda]

That's a stupid comment -- over 1 in 3 people.......well duh.......

 

[purbeast0]

That's a stupid comment -- over 1 in 3 people.......well duh.......

5 out of 4 americans can't do fractions.

 

[CraKaJaX]

5 out of 4 americans can't do fractions.

 

[gorcorps]

I'm trying... cutting out soda is the current hurdle but I'm getting there. I no longer buy it for home but sometimes get it at restaurants still.

 

[Ackmed]

Because America is being taken over by fatties.

 

[amdhunter]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Way more scared of getting Lyme disease than diabetes.

 

[highland145]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

Why oes the CDC hate kit kats?

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Because America has beenpis being taken over by fatties.

FTFY

 

[CraKaJaX]

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

This is pre and post awesome.

 

[zinfamous]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

 

[Exterous]

Because America has beenpis being taken over by fatties.

FTFY

Fixed your FTFY for you

 

[OutHouse]

Because America is being taken over by fatties.

asians aren't known to be fat but still has a huge problem with diabetes... in fact the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Japanese populations is not that different than western populations.

China is expected to double in the disease in next 15 years to something like 45 million.

 

[brainhulk]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

i laffed

 

[brainhulk]

asians aren't known to be fat but still has a huge problem with diabetes... in fact the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Japanese populations is not that different than western populations.

China is expected to double in the disease in next 15 years to something like 45 million.

i'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's all the white rice they eat

 

[Strk]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

I know it sounds silly, but it is a real thing. These are people who are already showing an elevated A1C, impaired fasting glucose or impaired glucose tolerance.

Way more scared of getting Lyme disease than diabetes.

Not sure why, diabetes is a horrible disease

 

[ctbaars]

I give this thread a 5 out of 7.

 

[edro]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

:thumbsup:

 

[emperus]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

The CDC can pre-suck my balls. Idiots.

American Intelligence. Gotta love it.

 

[Matthiasa]

In the US the answer of what is pre diabetes is different than what WHO says. Thus in the US it is a rather meaningless term.
ADA has it start at 100 mg/dL while the WHO has it start at 110 mg/dL. The normal range is up to 100 mg/dL.

 

[Raghu]

This is a nice interview to understand the details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0nV-_ddXoc

 

[stockwiz]

I have it and it's totally preventable if you eat smaller meals and do not carb binge in your 20's.. any time you spike your blood sugar above 140 mg/dl after a meal you gradually do more damage to the beta cells... they should really have more public awareness of type 2 as it's so cheap and easy to test yourself.... they should be encouraging people to test themselves 1 and 2 hours after a typical meal as early as age 25 or so, that would go a LONG way towards combating a lot of health problems and save the country billions in health care costs.

If your glucose spikes above 140/mg after a carb binge, then you need to eat smaller meals. There's no way I'd eat an entire thick crust pizza today... people who do stuff like this frequently in their 20's gradually damage their glucose control without realizing it. The starches in pizza go right into the blood as glucose, even moreso than sweets as the body turns starch right into glucose... sugar however is 50/50 glucose and fructose... and that's a LOT of carbohydrates to injest in a short period. People who eat a whole thick crust pizza and chase it down with a 20 ounce mountain dew all in a 60-90 minute timespan... future type 2 diabetic. Spread out the consumption of all these carbohydrates over a 4 hour period... much less damaging.

They only test fasting levels, which are the last to fail, and they set the fasting level too high.. it should be under 90 mg/dl for truly normal blood sugar... if you're already getting fasting levels in the mid 90's you are probably spiking above 140 after meals.

 

[Ruptga]

American Intelligence. Gotta love it.

That's what we call "common sense" round here.

Well, some of us anyway, mostly it's just the retarded ones.

 

[dullard]

Pre? WTF?
I guess I have Pre-AIDS because I can get it later right?

I've been using the "my wife is pre-pregnant" example for years. Death is far worse than diabetes, so since I'm pre-dead, why would I care whether or not I am pre-diabetic?

Pre-diabetes is not a disease and shouldn't be considered to be one. People should be told how serious and terrible diabetes is, whether or not they are on the edge of becoming diabetic, and how to prevent it. But, there is no pre-diabetes. Using that term runs the risk of lulling people into not caring about diabetes (if they feel fine with pre-diabetes).