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Having diabetes significantly increases your risk for developing heart disease. Diabetes often causes your cholesterol and triglyceride levels to be higher than normal and increases your blood pressure. It's very important that you talk with your primary care physician about ways to manage your diabetes and control other risk factors associated with diabetes. Diabetes is a treatable disease, but it's important to have regular visits with your doctor to ensure you are managing diabetes effectively. It's important to control your weight and cholesterol with a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet and regular exercise. You also have to lower your blood pressure, and if you smoke, you need to quit.
(This information was adapted from the American Heart Association.)
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