[ottbmare]

Why would you want to eat a powder instead of real food? You can't go through the rest of your life like that--such diets always fail in the long run because nobody can really stay on them forever. And as someone who is prediabetic, you must stay on your diet for the rest of your life, or you'll end up diabetic. You have to choose a way of eating that you can stick to effortlessly, without thinking, for the rest of you life.

I'm in the same boat as you are, with prediabetes. What has truly worked for me is the Wheat Belly Diet. "Wheat Belly Blog

Here's a video in which the cardiologist who developed it describes it briefly: CBS interview And here is a video by the doctor: Video

P.S. My best girlfriend lost 25 pounds recently on this diet. My blood sugar is back in the normal range, my weight was never an issue, but my arthritis and asthma are much improve.

[Yosemitest]

Be sure to read and watch the videos linked to in comment #89.