Does a diabetic have double the risk of heart disease EVEN IF HE CONTROLS HIS SUGAR PERFECTLY?

I am a diabetic who eats basicly what a normal person does for a diet. Everyone walks around saying we have to eat low sugar foods, but i am confused as to if they say this because it is easier to control, or we need to.

I control my sugar in the normal range for what a person should be at 70-120, but occaisionally eat fast food. I dont have a BAD diet, but I dont go around eating low sugar foods totally on purpose. Also, my doctor says as long as my sugar is in control, i am a normal person. What gives?

As long as your blood glucose is controlled you have a slightly higher risk of heart disease than if you did not have diabetes. The slight increase in the risk factor is due to diabetes being a progressive disease. By slight you are looking at like a 5% increase, nowhere near double. There is a risk calculator on the ADA website.


Diabetics need to look at the carbohydrates in their diet not sugar.

as long as the levels of blood sugar are in control there is not any issue of cardio health. your diet is perfect you should do a routine exercise. and leave the rest in tthe hands of God

Think good to have goods in your life.

You are not at an increased risk of heart related problems provided you keep your levels in control.

Good for you !!

I'm like you, i eat normal stuff. Obviously not drinking a load of soda, but i eat a normal diet.

My sugars are always good, and my doc agrees with yours, as long as our sugars are fine, WE are fine.

You are doing great. A lot of doctors now agree that we should eat as normally as we want to,. and as normally as we can, provided our sugars are good.

We will have this for the rest of our life, so it's important that it gets as unnoticed as possible.
As long as your sugars are good, then you're doing great.

When your sugar is in control you are CLOSER to normal than you used to be, but you must NEVER ignore the potential impact of Diabetes. It is STILL inside you, just waiting for you to slip up . . . .

A significant amont of PERMANENT damage was done BEFORE you were diagnosed. You had to have been diabetic several months, maybe even years, before you were diagnosed. During that time much permanent damage was done.

This permanent damage raises you chances of getting complication later. Fact is, most diabetics die from complications of diabetes, even when their blood sugar is under control. WHEN you eventually die (and we all die. sometimes) the cause will probably be related to diabetes -- heart attack, stroke, kidney failure.

By controllng your blood suagr you significantly lengthen the time remaining in your life, you increase the quality of your remaining life (by spending less time sick and/or hospitalized), AND you reduce the chance of having a "massive" heart attack or stroke -- but the chances are still higher than a healthy person, and of course are NEVER zero.

As for eating sugar -- Sugar causes an INSTANT rise in blood sugars, often into the 400-500 range. For a diabetics, this is extremely dangerous. Such high level, all of a sudden, COULD trigger "The Big One" -- a massive heart attack or stroke.

Worse, every MINUTE you blood sugar is high, you body makes Glycated Red Blood Cells. These cells run around in your system for 90-120 DAYS, doing all sort of damage to the internal organs. The A1C test measures HOW MUCH of the Glycated Red Blood Cells are actually in your body. Since red blood cells live for about 90 days, the AqC test is in effect an "average" of ALL your blood sugars, high and low, over the last 90 days.

SO, you can "fool" the doctro by eating right just befoer he takes his blood tests, and you can fool yourself gy "timing" you measl to keep your FInger Sticvk Readings low, BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL THE A1C! ask YOU DOCTOR FOR AN A1C TEST EVERY 90 DAYS, and KNOW your A1C number! [5-6 is normal, 6-7 is OK for a Diabetic, but about 7 means you need to work harder.]

SO, to keep the amouint of [dangerous] Glycated Red Blood Cells to a minimum, you MUST eliminate sugar from your diet!.

So continue what you are doing. YOU will be glad you did. But DO NOT fool yourself into thinking that you are somehow "all right", and thus can slack off of your diet and exercise plan. If you let yourslel go,, the diabetes will return with a vengence!