Fifty-eight million people have precancerous skin lesions!
It’s enough to make you prematurely gray.
And you may wonder,Where did all these new prediseases come from?
“There’s pre- almost everything, says Mara Schonberg, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Many of these diagnoses have existed for only the past few years.
That said, knowledge is power, says Bernadette Anderson, a family physician based in Columbus, Ohio.
You have an opportunity to prevent the full-fledged disease from actually occurring.
That sounds pretty dire until you consider that almost nobody was diagnosed with prediabetes before 2010.
And the medical community doesn’t completely agree on whether the epidemic is real.
Your action plan:Ask your doctor to test your vitamin D levels, and consider a supplement.
(Most people are in the 20-40 ng/ml range.)
Flavonoids and polyphenols in the fruit have antidiabetic properties, the researchers say.
And if you have heart disease and diabetes, medication could be an option.
Use an at-home, cuff-style biceps monitor, or visit a pharmacy with a BP measuring station.
We have a very rapid response to reducing salt intake, says Fergus.
In fact, theDASH diethas been found to be as effective as drugs for many adults.
Your action plan:Take a nap.
They help stabilize blood pressure, says Anderson.
