Q Is prediabetes bound to turn into diabetes in the end, or can it come back to normal?
A Prediabetes is a reversible stage. If you lose 5–7% of body weight and keep up diet and exercise, a fair number return to normal blood sugar. But if you let management slip, it rises again, so consistency shapes the outcome.
Detailed Answer
Prediabetes is a stage with great room to return to normal because it hasn't yet hardened into disease. In fact, it's well known that combining weight loss with regular exercise and dietary improvement greatly reduces progression to diabetes and often restores normal blood sugar. However, if you go back to old habits, blood sugar rises again, so maintenance after normalization matters most of all.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang, we believe that when you clear accumulated surplus and revive metabolism, blood sugar and weight change direction together. What matters is not just losing weight but building a body that burns sugar well on its own, so we focus on clearing stagnation and reviving metabolism. When the body's flow changes this way, blood sugar is often well maintained even after normalization.
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