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Everybody know Diabetes, but a related disease called Impaired Glucose Tolerant (IGT), sure not many people know. IGT sufferer have a reduced ability to regulate sugar levels in their blood. High sugar level in the blood will development into Diabetes. Means, if you are have Diabetes, you are must be an IGT. But if you are IGT, doesn't mean you are a Diabetic.
IGT is common among those who are overweight, who have family members with diabetes, who have history of heart disease oar stroke, and who have high blood pressure. As like high blood presure disease, we won't know we have IGT untill we go for check up. This IGT, diagnosed with an oral glucose tolerance test. We fasts, then given a drink containing 75 gramm of glucose. Then blood sugar is meansured two hour later. Some one with IGT will get higher levels of glucose for a long periode.
IGT can't be treated directly, that's why people with IGT are encouraged to increase their level of physical activity, achieve a healthy weight and follow a healthy balanced diet. Drug can help slow IGT's development into diabetes, but the most important factor is our lifestyle.
