Can I stop it

Hi Tom. Welcome to the Diabetes Forum. Is the 6.2 the A1c reading? This is the blood sugar average over about 90 days. It's elevated but not critical.

In order to bring it down, you can lose weight and have a regular routine of sustained exercise (like walking, biking, swimming, running, etc.) and an eating plan in which you cut down on heavy carbs like bread, potatoes, rice, corn, pasta. Any food made with flour and/or sugar will raise blood sugar.

So, yes, you can control your blood sugar if you follow the above recommendations. If you have family members with diabetes, it may be genetic but it's not impossible to avoid as long as you take care of yourself with diet and exercise.

Please read the two stickies at the top of the Diabetes Forum and the following website that has lots of information about blood sugar: www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/

I'm glad you posted! You'll find lots of help here!

Good morning, Tom. Ok, I realize now that your 6.2 is your fasting and not the A1c test. For some reason the US uses a different measure for blood sugar, mg/dL, and Canada and the rest of the world uses the mmol/L measure. Here is a link to show the equivalents between the two. Since I'm in the US, I am used to using the mg/dL measure. The website I posted above also uses our system, so don't be confused while reading about the blood sugar measures. You can use the table here for equivalents.

www.joslin.org/info/conversion_table_for_blood_glucose_monitoring.html

In any case, my advice is the same and since your blood sugar is still only elevated and not critical, I really think you can get it under control with diet and exercise.

Exercise and diet will help 6.2 is not bad but not good, you are close to the 7 mark, so continue with this diet routine but also try going for a walk everyday it will help