What should you know about prediabetes diet?

Prediabetes means blood glucose is higher than the usual range but not in the diabetes range. Food containing carbohydrates is digested into glucose; fibre, protein, and fat can slow how quickly a meal raises glucose. This is a pattern of eating, not a single food or a punishment diet. Familiar foods can remain on the menu when portions and combinations change.

Fill much of your plate with non-starchy vegetables such as leafy greens, cucumber, tomato, okra, cauliflower, or peppers. Add a protein such as eggs, fish, chicken, beans, lentils, tofu, or plain yoghurt. Choose oats, brown rice, wholegrain bread, beans, or another fibre-rich carbohydrate, and use nuts, seeds, avocado, or olive oil in modest amounts. Prefer water or unsweetened drinks; fruit is usually more filling whole than as juice. A registered dietitian can adapt this approach to your culture, schedule, medicines, and health goals through Nutrition Counselling.

Arrange a review if you have persistent excessive thirst, frequent urination, unexplained weight change, unusual tiredness, blurred vision, or repeated high glucose readings. These symptoms need assessment and do not show by themselves what diagnosis you have. Diabetes Screening can clarify your results. Seek urgent help for vomiting, severe weakness, confusion, or difficulty staying awake.

Ask which glucose test was abnormal, when it should be repeated, and whether a dietitian or Weight Management Programme would suit you. Ask how your medicines, pregnancy plans, or other conditions should affect meal choices.