You Are A Borderline Diabetic – Have You Lost Your Mind?
Suppose your doctor informs you that you are a borderline diabetic. And, suppose he or she says that you should not worry because many of those with this problem never go on to become a diabetic.
Your doctor asks for some lifestyle changes but goes on to say, that although he would prefer you do something about your borderline diabetic state, but if you just stay where you are at least, then you will be okay. Or, maybe it was your own personal decision to tolerate remaining on the edge of diabetes in return for greater freedom in your lifestyle.
Wrong choice! You knew I was going to say that didn’t you? There are penalties for this compromise?
All manner of evil things are going on behind your back if you decide to tolerate the borderline diabetic state. There are a number of possible problems with this state, but let’s just consider one of them.
As long as we are doing this, let’s take the worst: Alzheimer’s. A Swedish group, in a recent study, uncovered the connection between unaddressed borderline diabetes and dementia, or Alzheimer’s.
Once again, not everyone who choses to remain borderline diabetic eventually ends up with dementia, but the odds are greater than if you accepted the warning, and did something about it.
Backing yourself out of borderline diabetes is is troublesome, but infinitely easier than trying to back out of early diabetes. Deeply ingrained diabetes is definitely permanent.
If you are a borderline diabetic does not mean you are risking trouble, it means you ARE in trouble, you have a disease, some researchers are firm on this. There is still time for borderline diabetics to start watching what they eat and exercising.
What would you think if I told you you had cancer? Perhaps something like, “Boy, maybe I won’t last very long, what a crock.”. Told you had diabetes you should say, “Boy, now i’m not going to live as long as I would have otherwise.” Add something more to that, “And, it won’t be as happy a life as it could have been.”
Memento mori, my friend.
Xu W, Qu C, Winbled B, Fratiglioni L. The effect of borderline diabetes on the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Diabetes. 2007 Jan;56(1):211-6
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