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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are eating sugar for your snacks (sweet yogurt, chips, and ice cream) and then more carbs like pasta or bread or potatoes for your meal which is at night… you don’t exercise… and you are prediabetic… what is the question here?

Sure you could be predisposed genetically, this is a pretty shitty diet, regardless of whether or not you are overweight. Cut way back on sugar, ramp up protein, fiber, healthy fat. Move to two or three meals a day, skewed earlier in the day. Get some exercise, even if just walking.[b] This is not rocket science[/b].[/quote]

I disagree that it’s “easy,” but yeah, pretty much to all this. Your diet is bad. Very, very bad for someone with your family history. You’re basically bombing your blood with sugar. (Simple carbs are pretty much the same as sugar).

Download a macros counter, measure your food, and aim for 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat per day. Also known as the “zone diet”. The “zone diet” actually got some of my relatives off insulin, and in my own experience (not diabetic), it is the most satiating at any calorie level. Metformin will also help but it won’t do the job alone.

It’s going to be more expensive than your peasant diet, but you don’t even want to know how much the insulins and the GLP1s cost if you don’t have decent insurance. And at your age, that’s a long time to be sick. [/quote]

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