If you’re one of the 2 million Australians with pre-diabetes, or you’ve been told you’re at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, we have some good news for you. Statistics show that up to 58 percent of cases can be prevented or delayed—just by making lifestyle changes.
Better yet, these changes will go a long way to improve your overall health and wellbeing. Here, two experts—a diabetes educator and a health coach—share their easy-to-action tips.
Just over 1.3 million (or one in 20) Australians are living with diabetes, which Carolien Koreneff, Credentialled Diabetes Educator at Diabetes Australia, describes as “a chronic condition that affects the metabolism of carbohydrate foods in particular”. She adds: “Carbohydrate foods get broken down to glucose. Glucose is our main energy source, but if it can’t be utilised properly then diabetes will develop.”