10 Prediabetes Symptoms
8. Weight Loss
If you are above your ideal body weight, losing a few pounds might be beneficial for your health. However, losing weight without making changes to your daily physical activity or modifications to your diet might be a sign of a health problem. Unexplained weight loss usually occurs relatively quickly (weeks to months) and it can be caused by a variety of medical conditions, including prediabetes.
As mentioned previously, insulin is a hormone that allows the cells of your body to use sugar for energy. In prediabetes, the body can’t use this hormone effectively to transport the sugar into the cells. As a response, the body enters starvation mode and other chemical substances (i.e. glucagon) are released into the blood to respond to the body’s energetic needs. Metabolic processes, that involve burning energy storages in adipose tissue (fat) and muscle, are rapidly activated to obtain energy. Thus, a reduction in overall body weight can also be a sign of prediabetes.
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