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Another test for diagnosing pre diabetes and diabetes is Oral Glucose Tolerance test. For this test you go without food for eight hours and two hours before the test you take a glucose based drink.

Sometimes pre diabetes is referred to as “Impaired Glucose tolerance” or “IGT” or even “Impaired Fasting Glucose Tolerance” or “IFGT”. The doctors name it on the basis of the test that they have conducted to determine the pre diabetes. Hence pre diabetes and IGT and IFGT are the same things.

Pre diabetes may lead to stroke and heart attack. However all the ill effects of pre diabetes can be minimized with proper care. You can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes by doing moderate exercises and losing modest weight loss.

You must concentrate on losing weight. Even if you can’t achieve your ideal weight, you should not lose heart. Remember, a loss of 10-15 pounds also matter.

Moderate exercises like walking 5 days in a week, for just 30 minutes each day can go a long way in preventing diabetes. You must try to maintain normal blood pressure. It is important because if you have pre diabetes your chances of heart diseases and other cardiovascular problems is at least 50% above normal.

Your diet for pre diabetes condition should consist of  eating more of grains, starchy vegetables, beans and minimum of sweets, fats and alcohol. There is a food pyramid to guide you and you should try and follow it. At the bottom of the pyramid is the low calorie food and at the top is the high calorie food. So if you have eaten something from the high calorie group then you must balance your intake by eating something from low calorie group. A lot depends on your weight loss program and your lifestyle too.

You should try and eat more of carbohydrate rich food like wheat, oats and rye along with peas, potatoes and beans. You may also opt for vegetables like chicory, spinach, cabbage, tomatoes etc. Fruits like grapes, bananas pears peaches etc fall in the next category.

You should have low fat dairy products and have lean meats, fish and poultry. You should have small portions and cut off fat meat and avoid potato chips, cookies, candy and cakes etc. It is best to work with a registered dietician and prepare a chart according to your needs.

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