02/11/2026
“𝗜’𝗺 𝗢𝗞. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀. 𝗜’𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰”
Someone said this to me recently and it made me think about prediabetes.
Prediabetes doesn’t mean everything is ok. It means your blood glucose regulation is already outside the normal range.
In functional nutrition, we think of changes in insulin sensitivity as an early indicator of blood glucose dysfunction.
It’s a continuum from optimal (all hunky dory) to suboptimal, and this can be evident before we reach diagnosable thresholds like pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes (T2D).
T2D usually develops gradually. Early on, the body may compensate for increasing insulin resistance by producing more, and more insulin. This can mask the dysfunction because your blood glucose can appear “normal” for some time.
Even an HbA1c (a measure of what your blood glucose level has been for about 3 months) below the diabetes threshold doesn’t necessarily tell us that insulin sensitivity is optimal.
Prediabetes does not inevitably progress to type 2 diabetes, if you act to change the trajectory. Nutrition, movement, sleep, body composition and other modifiable factors can make a meaningful difference.
Think of “pre” not as “I’m fine”, but as:
“My body is giving me useful information early enough to act.”
Swipe through for what HbA1c, fasting glucose and fasting insulin can tell us and maybe keep a copy for reference. ➡️
Read my blog on insulin resistance for more information: Insulin Resistance: Understand the Root Cause.
If you are prediabetic, you have been given valuable information ❤️.
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