by Maureen Seel, RDN/LDN CDCES
Who? Metformin is a commonly recommended initial medication for patients with type 2 diabetes who have mild to moderately uncontrolled blood glucose. In addition, it is sometimes used to prevent diabetes in patients who are at risk of developing the disease (though it...
by Maureen Seel, RDN/LDN CDCES
There are three ways of diagnosing prediabetes:People who have high blood glucose after not eating for at least 8 hours have “impaired fasting glucose.”After fasting for 8 hours, a healthy person’s blood glucose levels are usually less than 100 mg/dl. A person with...
