As-salamu alaykum Dear sir I understand your concern. the most important thing to remember in diabetes is to take food in time. medications should be used regularly in time as per doctor advise. Daily exercise is very important to maintain good diabetes control its advisable to 45 mins of walking daily. its very important to keep our weight in control BMI should be maintained around 24.5. controlling of blood sugar in first few years is very important to avoid complications in later life. I will suggest you some diet tips to be followed. 1.Avoid all kinds of refined carbohydrates like sugar 2.Take all kind of fresh veggies kindly restrict use of potato and sweet potato. 3.instead of white bread go for brown bread or multi grain bread. 4.alcohol can be taken in a moderate quantity,Try avoiding wine and beer. 5. avoid all kinds of carbonated drinks they are not good for your bone health. 6.low fat milk can be consumed about 200ml per day 7.low fat cheese and low fat yogurt can be taken. 8. daily you can take a small cup of almonds,walnuts,pista and penuts which are good for your good cholesterol. 9.daily take only one fruit,avoid banana and mango ...if you like take only minimal quantity 10.you can take protein like fish,meat,chicken 200 grams twice weekly 11.alternate days you can take 2 egg white...pls discard yolk(yellow) since it contains bad cholesterol 12.use olive and sunflower oil for cooking. 13.prefer grill than oil fry. 14.occasionally you can take ice creams and dark chocolate 15.take good amount of green leaf veggies to avoid constipation this steps can stop your progression from prediabetes to diabetes. Dr Vamsi krishna Consultant Diabetologist Apollo hospitals MUSCAT