Is it possible to live with diabetes without medication regiment?
Since you are pre diabetic, it’s probably safe to assume you are heading toward “type two” diabetes. Yes, it is absolutely possible to control type two without medication… at least in the beginning. I’ve done it. You must adhere to a strict low carb, low sugar diet, keep the fats to a minimum (eat lots of vegetables), exercise a lot (notice I didn’t say hard… just a lot), and keep your weight down. I can still go a day or two without medication as long as I exercise. Now, if only my job involved physical exercise, I could probably go longer without my Metformin. Contrary to what some of these ill informed people are thinking, we type twos still make our own insulin… to varying degrees. It just doesn’t work as well due to a phenomena called “insulin resistance”. There’s strong evidence that it is caused by fat. This might explain why those who are most successful at keeping their (type two) diabetes under control, usually keep their weight under control through diet and exercise.
