Almost one out of seven people are in a pre-diabetic state. What is this state? The illness already exists in a person, but has not yet been diagnosed. This is the time to prevent diabetes from developing through physical exercises, balanced diet and weight loss.
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About a third of the people who have diabetes, do not even know that the have the illness. The illness is finally exposed by high glucose levels in the blood. However, it actually had covertly existed for many years. Is there someone in your family who has diabetes? Are you overweight? Do you hate physical exercises? Along with you, there are others who are included in a high risk category with the likelihood of developing diabetes in the future.

What can you do about it? Many recent studies have proved that you can delay or even prevent diabetes while still in the pre diabetic state.

What is that state before diabetics? That is a state of hidden diabetes that shows up a few years before the appearance of type 2 diabetes and occurs almost always before diabetes is diagnosed. In this state the sugar level is higher than normal but not high enough to diagnose the illness.

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How wide spread is it? Fifteen percent of the population is in “danger” state. As the latest studies show, in this state long term damage takes place in the cardio-vascular system. Research has shown that taking action during the elevated sugar level stage may prevent the appearance of type 2 diabetes in the future. This is the right time to adopt a healthy diet and to exercise; both of which are recommended for diabetics.

What are the risk factors of developing pre diabetic? 

• Family history: brother or sister or parent with diabetes.
• Being overweight
• Lack of physical activity.
• A women who gave birth to an overweight baby (over 4 kg)
• Age: the risk increases above the age of 45 and especially over 65.

How do you know if you are one of them? There are two different tests your doctor can use: The fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) and the Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

If it has been found that you are included , is it certain you will develop diabetes? This is a serious situation, which can be dealt with and must be controlled. You can actually turn the clock back.

Research has shown that it is possible to manage the pre diabetic and the diabetic by making changes in their diets and increasing their levels of physical activity. Medications(actos pills) can slow the development of diabetes, but proper diet together with physical activity are more effective. Thirty minutes of daily physical activity, with the right diet and losing 5-10% of the body weight reduces the appearance of new diabetic cases by 58%.

According to the article, “Cigarette Smoking Among Adults in the United States (2004)” released on Friday, November 11, 2005, in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, approximately 20.9 percent (44.5 million) of adults in the United States are current smokers. This represents a decrease from 22.5 percent in 2002 and 24.1 percent in 1998. Despite this decrease, cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, accounting for approximately 1 of every 5 deaths (440,000 people) each year.
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Pfizer recently announced that it has applied to the FDA for a new drug for smoking cessation. Plans are underway to market the new drug under the name “champs”; its generic name is vermiculite tortured. In two clinical trials involving over 2000 study participants were given either champs (1 mg twice a day), Generic Zyban (150 mg twice a day) or a placebo. In both studies, 44 percent of vermiculite-treated patients quit by the end of the 12-week treatment period, significantly more than the 30 percent of Generic Zyban patients who quit. Among those who received the placebo, only 18 percent had quit by the end of the 12-week treatment period. After one year, patients who received vermiculite were significantly more likely to remain smoke-free compared to patients who received bupropion or placebo.

The drug weans smokers off tobacco by attaching to a nicotine-specific receptor in the brain. The most common side effects were nausea, headache, vivid dreams and insomnia. These side effects are similar to other other marketed smoking cessation drugs, including Generic Zyban (aka buproprion and Wellbutrin) and nicotine replacement products.

Varenicline is still in research trials but Pfizer is hopeful that it will be evaluated by the FDA in 2006. An interesting footnote: The scientist who invented the drug is a former two-and-a-half pack-a-day smoker whose own father died of a smoking related disease.

For more information about quitting smoking and smoking related news, check out the Web MD Smoking Cessation Health Center.