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Will daily exercise help lower borderline high blood sugar?

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Possibly: If you are overweight, daily exercise will help you shed extra pounds, and this will help lower borderline high blood sugar. In some cases prediabetes can be reversed with lifestyle changes that include exercise and healthy diet.

Dr Pizzo and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 6/21/2014

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