Reversing prediabetes can reduce heart attack risk by nearly 60 pc: Study

Prediabetic patients who lower their blood sugar levels and can achieve remission can effectively reduce the likelihood of serious heart problems by nearly 60 per cent according to a studyThe research published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes amp Endocrinology showed that bringing blood glucose back to normal levels effectively reversing prediabetes cuts the risk of death from heart disease or hospital admission for heart failurePeople who had achieved remission from prediabetes had a 58 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalisation from heart failure This effect persisted decades after normalising glucose levels suggesting a lasting impact on regulating blood glucose said researchers from Kings College London UKThis finding is especially important in light of recent research showing that lifestyle changes alone including exercise weight loss and dietary improvements do not lower cardiovascular risk in people with prediabetesThe study challenges one of the biggest assumptions in modern preventative medicine For years people with prediabetes have been told that losing weight exercising more and eating healthier will protect them from heart attacks and early death While these lifestyle changes are unquestionably valuable the evidence does not support that they reduce heart attacks or mortality in people with prediabetes said lead author Dr Andreas Birkenfeld Reader in Diabetes Kings College London and University Hospital TuebingenInstead we show that remission of prediabetes is associated with a clear reduction in fatal cardiac events heart failure and allcause mortalityrdquo Birkenfeld addedPrediabetes is a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetesPrevious studies had shown that combined lifestyle interventions including increased exercise and eating a healthy diet did not reduce cardiovascular disease This suggests that delaying diabetes onset alone does not guarantee cardiovascular protection unless important metabolic changes occurThe study findings mean that prediabetes remission could establish itself alongside lowering blood pressure cutting cholesterol and stopping smoking as a fourth major primary prevention tool that truly prevents heart attacks and deaths Birkenfeld saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever