Diabetes and Atherosclerosis, Diabetes Library

Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a serious complication of uncontrolled Diabetes, which can lead to heart disease or heart failure. To avoid atherosclerosis, careful Diabetes management is required to keep blood sugar levels within normal range. Careful attention to diet nutrition including a low carbohydrate diet or low cholesterol diet and careful glucose monitoring, diabetes medicine and regular visits to a diabetes care professional can help prevent complications like atherosclerosis.