In impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), the levels of blood glucose are between normal and diabetic. People with IGT do not have diabetes. Each year, only 1-5% of people whose test results show IGT actually develop diabetes. And with retesting, as many as half of the people with IGT have normal oral glucose tolerance test results. Weight loss and exercise may help people with IGT return their glucose levels to normal. With diet and exercise as many as 60% will not developed diabetes or it will be considerably slowed in its development.
Reaction rates, temperature and catalysis. 1  As learned in previous modules, the rate of a reaction is increased by using a catalyst or increasing the temperature. 2  The effect of using a catalyst and increasing the temperature can be explained using the collision theory. The collision theory of reactions. The basic principle of the collision theory is that chemicals react when their particles collide with a certain minimum energy.
Effect of temperature on enzyme activity. The temperture of a system is to some extent a measure of the kinetic energy of the molecules in the system. Thus the lower the kinetic energy, the lower the temperature of the system and, likewise, the higher the kinetic energy, the greater the temperature of the system.n order to convert substrate into product, enzymes must collide with and bind to the substrate at the active site. Increasing the temperature of a system will increase the number of collisions of enzyne and substrate per unit time. Thus, within limits, the rate of the reaction will increse.