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Topics: Heart Disease
Diabetes and Heart Disease
What is the Link between Diabetes and Heart Disease?
The correlation between diabetes and heart disease has become increasingly scrutinized and tested in the medical community. Researchers assert that the probability of developing heart disease is doubled with the onset of diabetes. Diabetes also greatly increases the risk of developing other health conditions including high blood [...]
Diabetes and Heart Failure
Here’s a sobering fact: Diabetes is among the top three causes of heart failure. And if you have diabetes, you are twice as likely to have heart disease or a stroke as someone who does not have diabetes. Heart disease may also develop at an earlier age in diabetics. Worse yet, heart attacks in people [...]
Click to Read the Entire ArticleFighting the Double Whammy of Cholesterol and Diabetes
If you have diabetes, you’re more likely to have problems with cholesterol — a major contributor to heart disease. That’s why diabetes cholesterol control is so important. Diabetes tends to lower your “good” cholesterol and raise your “bad” cholesterol levels. Your doctor may call this “diabetic dyslipidemia,” a deadly combination that puts you at risk [...]
Click to Read the Entire ArticleDiabetes & Hypertension
Calm down! Take a deep breath. Don’t get stressed out. Hmm…if that were all it took to avoid high blood then it would be a relatively easy task. Unfortunately, for those with Type 2 Diabetes then diabetic hypertension (high blood pressure) is yet another health concern to be controlled. It is essential that the diabetic [...]
Click to Read the Entire ArticleEating Breakfast May Do a Heart Good
UK researchers found that when healthy, lean women skipped their morning meal, it raised their cholesterol levels and diminished their bodies’ sensitivity to insulin, a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar levels.
On top of that, the women tended to eat more calories on breakfast-free days — suggesting that over the long haul, skipping breakfast could [...]
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