When your body cannot move glucose (sugar) from the foods you eat into your cells, where it can be used for energy, it builds in the bloodstream to unsafe levels. High blood sugar levels starve your body’s organs and systems, resulting in prediabetes symptoms and more serious diabetes complications, including heart attacks, stroke and even limb amputation and blindness, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

While just over 29 million Americans (9 percent) currently have diabetes, the real danger is that more than one in every three adults (86 million) have prediabetes, reports the ADA. Prediabetes means your blood sugar level measures out of the normal range, but not to the abnormally high level that would result in a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Click here to learn more about prediabetes, the risks involved, and what symptoms you should watch for.