Prediabetes. Are You at Risk?




Prediabetes is when a person’s blood sugar glucose level is higher than normal but not high enough to be Type 2 diabetes.
If you have Type 2 diabetes, your body does not use insulin properly.
Eating healthy food and losing weight is a step in the right direction.
People with Prediabetes often don’t have symptoms.

Symptoms of prediabetes include:
  • Unusual thirst
  • Frequent urination
  • Blurred vision
  • Extreme fatigue
  • Frequent infections
  • Cuts and bruises that are slow to heal
  • Tingling or numbness in the hands or feet
  • Recurring skin, gum or bladder infections
Your doctor may recommend testing if you have any risk factors for  diabetes or prediabetes including:
  • High blood pressure
  • Low HDL cholesterol and high triglycerides
  • A family history of diabetes
  • Belonging to an ethnic or minority group at high risk for diabetes

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), research shows that you can lower your risk for Type 2 diabetes by 58% by:
  • Losing 7% of your body weight or 15 pounds if you weigh 200 pounds
  • Exercising moderately (such as walking briskly) for 30 minutes a day, five days a week

Targeted Nutrition can help with a healthy food line-up from Herbalife and help you lose weight, curb your cravings and become more active. You can prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes with a healthy lifestyle by changing your diet, increasing your level of physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight. With these positive steps, you can stay healthier longer and reduce your risk of diabetes. Let’s create a diet with healthy Herbalifefoods and supplement support, lose weight and control this disease together.
Data from the 2017 National Diabetes Fact Sheet shows that:
  • 30.3 million children and adults in the United States – 9.4% of the population – had diabetes in 2015
    • 23.0 million people diagnosed
    • 7.2 million people undiagnosed
  • 33.9% Americans 18 and older (84.1 million people) had prediabetes in 2015
  • Nearly half (48.3%) of adults aged 65 years or older had prediabetes in 2015
Additional disturbing facts:
  • Diabetes remains the 7th leading cause of death in the United States in 2015
  • 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year.
  • Total cost of diagnosed diabetes: $245 billion (includes direct medical costs & reduced productivity)
  • Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes
  • Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults age 20-74

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