What Is Pre-Diabetes?

Pre-diabetes (also known as “impaired fasting glucose” or “impaired glucose tolerance”) means that the cells in your body are becoming resistant to insulin, or your pancreas is not producing enough insulin as required.
Blood glucose levels are abnormally high, but not high enough to be called diabetes.
A diagnosis of pre-diabetes is a warning sign that diabetes could possibly develop [...]

Genesis…

I have recently returned from a mini-vacation with my 62 year old father, who I haven’t seen for about 3 years, and who has a history of chronic depression, high blood pressure, and has been diagnosed as being a type 2 diabete for about 15 years. His mother, my grandmother, died of diabetes related complications [...]