Q: My husband is 5′10″ and 150 lbs. and was diagnosed with pre-diabetes. We have been trying to find out how many carbs a day he should be eating or how many carbs per meal. He does not need to lose weight and trying to maintain his current weight without eating a lot of carbs is difficult. He is very active in his job and cannot afford to lose any weight.
It seems everything that I read is for people to lose weight to help control their condition. Please can you give me a guideline of how to control the pre-diabetes without losing any weight.
A: You are correct that most of our patients who have “pre-diabetes” are overweight. Those that are trim pose a little bit more of a challenge because often those who are overweight can work at losing weight and will have marked improvements in their blood sugar. The same principles apply, however, for your husband who is in the normal weight range. The key is in the balance of his diet.
