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Will this reverse my prediabetes?

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cutepathogen

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
Treatment type
Diet only
I have been a lurker for about two weeks, and what an awesome community and wealth of knowledge!

I have recently (2w ago) diagnosed myself with prediabetes by doing a full checkup on my own. I never had any symptoms whatsoever. I found the following abnormalities:
FBG: 117 mg/dl - 6.5 mmol/L
Hb1ac: 5% (96 mg/dl - 5.3 mmol/L)
HDL: 37 mg/dl - 0.96 mmol/L
LDL: 210 mg/dl - 5.43 mmol/L
TG: 163 mg/dl (ref: < 200) 1.84 mmol/L
TG/HDL: 4.4x
Cholesterol: 286 mg/dl - 7.3 mmol/L
VitD: 7 ng/dl (ref: 50 - 100)
VitC: 0.75 mg/dl (ref: 4.6 - 14.9)
VitB2: 1.3 (ref: 2.3 - 14)
Uric Acid: 8.0 mg/dl
Height: 186cm
Weight: 105kg
BMI: 31

All other markers are within normal range.

Here’s what I did to correct my creeping health crisis:
I quit all junk food. Started a 1200kcal well balanced diet with a dietitian, and I graze at 12p then at 4:30p until next day. Started a 2000U VitD after meals supplement. Started a 3000MG/day VitC regimen. Started a 45min cardio exercise 6d/w. Put myself on 10mg Crestor every other day to deal with inflammation from the high LDL and increase my HDL to above 50. I plan to reduce the frequency of Crestor to twice a week after a month.

After two weeks of my plan, I'm now down to 101kg. I plan to melt my fat until I see 78kg on the scale (my height - 100) x 90%. I will retest all abnormalities at 30d increments to check my progress on all fronts.

I appreciate all the inputs as I need a lot of help dealing with my situation.
 
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Reversal is a somewhat contraversial term when it comes to diabetes - I prefer ‘ well controlled’
That having been said, I think what you are doing can only improve your health and stands a very good chance of stopping diabetes in its tracks
 
Boo1979 said:
Reversal is a somewhat contraversial term when it comes to diabetes - I prefer ‘ well controlled’
That having been said, I think what you are doing can only improve your health and stands a very good chance of stopping diabetes in its tracks
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So restoring a normal insulin sensitivity is not possible? My simple-minded thinking told me that after losing so much fat and with the fatty acid greatly reduced, I would have somewhat normal insulin sensitivity/response. Guess I'm wrong.
 
Looks like all you need to do is lose a bit of weight, even then probably not that much.

I wouldn't self medicate with the Crestor yet either, see how the diet goes.
I'm with you on getting the LDL down though, but you'll find a lot on here seem to think high LDL isn't something they mind though.
Me, I've got my own opinion.
 
cutepathogen said:
So restoring a normal insulin sensitivity is not possible? My simple-minded thinking told me that after losing so much fat and with the fatty acid greatly reduced, I would have somewhat normal insulin sensitivity/response. Guess I'm wrong.
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Did for me, I ignored the doom mongers, and did an 800 calorie a day diet for 8 weeks.
I now eat normally, I'd say healthily, it's not low carb, so some don't agree.
 
jcbman said:
Looks like all you need to do is lose a bit of weight, even then probably not that much.

I wouldn't self medicate with the Crestor yet either, see how the diet goes.
I'm with you on getting the LDL down though, but you'll find a lot on here seem to think high LDL isn't something they mind though.
Me, I've got my own opinion.
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I appreciate your comment. My thinking behind putting myself on Crestor was that my LDL must have inflamed my arteries and a month of medication would sort of deal with the inflammation issue. I'm not too worried about LDL itself, although it's too high, but I was a bit worried about the damage it did to my CV system. I could be wrong. But your point is valid and I will rethink my approach.
 
cutepathogen said:
So restoring a normal insulin sensitivity is not possible? My simple-minded thinking told me that after losing so much fat and with the fatty acid greatly reduced, I would have somewhat normal insulin sensitivity/response. Guess I'm wrong.
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it seems to be possible to restore insulin sensitivity with the right control stratgies around diet, weight, exercise etc but equally possible to lose it again if those control measures are relaxed. The jury is out in terms of whether overall disease progression and some of the other problems often associated with diabetes / metabolic syndrome is completely halted or just markedly slowed down by good control
 
cutepathogen said:
I appreciate your comment. My thinking behind putting myself on Crestor was that my LDL must have inflamed my arteries and a month of medication would sort of deal with the inflammation issue. I'm not too worried about LDL itself, although it's too high, but I was a bit worried about the damage it did to my CV system. I could be wrong. But your point is valid and I will rethink my approach.
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Another way to deal with inflammation, if indeed you actually have inflammation, is to watch your omega 3/omega 6 ratios in your food choices. We need both these omegas to survive, but currently the western diet is giving us far to much omega 6 and not enough omega 3. Omega 6 is very inflammatory. Omega 3 reduces inflammation. The trick is to raise the omega 3 consumption and cut down the omega 6.
 
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