Diabetes

Received your Prediabetes / Diabetes Screening results? Here’s how you can proceed.

Learn how to tweak your diet for better health — and better test results.

What at-home diabetes screening tests and monitoring devices actually tell you.

Learn how HbA1c testing can help diagnose and manage diabetes and prediabetes.

Prediabetes very often goes undiagnosed, with the vast majority having no symptoms at all. However, certain symptoms may indicate that an individual is prediabetic. Many of these symptoms could indicate other conditions, but it may be worth checking for the condition as a measure to prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

Feeling more stressed than usual lately? You’re not alone. The pandemic has meant many of us aren’t able to relieve stress the way we used to, by seeing friends or going to the gym.

Wondering about insulin resistance? You’ve come to the right place. I’m a preventive medicine doctor who has dedicated my career to tackling the top causes of disease and death.

As a doctor who has focused my career on preventing heart issues, diabetes, insulin resistance and other chronic conditions, I often get asked whether it’s better to use artificial sweeteners and, if so, which one.

If you have diabetes, you know it can affect many aspects of your life. People living with diabetes can experience excessive sweating, and sometimes insufficient sweating, related to the condition. 

Prediabetes is an increasingly worrying health condition that affects roughly 88 million people in the US, which translates to around 1 in every 3 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s a serious condition in which your blood sugar is elevated yet not high enough to reach the level for a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Prediabetes is characterized by elevated blood sugar that may be higher than normal, yet not high enough to meet the standard for diabetes.