How to reduce my fasting blood sugar from 117 to below 110?
Weight loss can definetely help in lowering blood sugar levels which in turn can help manage diabetes better.
Last updated on 28 Sep 2023
Fasting for at least 16 hours gives the body a chance to rest and allows blood levels of insulin to drop significantly. Not only does this help burn fat, it can also lower your risk of disease, particularly cancers, diabetes and prediabetes
There can be slight improvement for sure.
Diabetics either lose weight on their own or make efforts to keep weight on check to avoid insulin resistance and obesity.
Doctors use the fasting plasma glucose (FPG) test or the A1C test to diagnose prediabetes. Less often, doctors use the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), which is more expensive and not as easy to give. The A1C test reflects your average blood glucose over the past 3 months.
A study recently published in JCI Insight, found that 8 weeks of exercise improved insulin sensitivity in the brain among adults with obesity and diabetes.
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