Diabetes and Cardiovascular Health WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Health
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among individuals with diabetes. Over half of all diabetics also have high blood pressure. It is important for diabetics to not only manage their blood glucose levels, but to also manage their blood pressure and cholesterol.1
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- There are several risk factors for cardiovascular disease, these include cholesterol, being overweight, and of course smoking.2
- Eating a healthy diet and getting exercise is beneficial to both diabetes and cardiovascular health.3
- A diabetic nutritionist can help you plan a proper diet by helping you to make wise food choices.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ American Diabetes Association: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Toolkit
- ↑ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: What Are the Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease?
- ↑ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Your Guide to Diet and Diabetes: Eating for Cardiovascular Health
- ↑ CDC: How Can Diabetes Affect Cardiovascular Health?
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Cardiovascular Health and Diabetes, Diabetes and cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular disease and diabetes, Do diabetics have a higher risk of heart disease
- Last update: Apr. 17, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
