What is the link between heart disease and diabetes in women?

Diabetes is a very significant risk factor for heart disease, especially in women, so maintaining a healthy lifestyle is critical. Suzanne Steinbaum, DO, discusses the link between diabetes and heart disease in women.

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We know women who have diabetes have a greater risk of heart disease than even men. And when you do have diabetes, for every year that you

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have it, your risk of heart disease goes up. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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In 2002, it was found that for those people who had diabetes, it was as if they had coronary artery disease.

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So diabetes is a very, very significant risk factor for heart disease and especially in women.

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We know women who have diabetes have a greater risk of heart disease than even men. And when you do have diabetes, for every year that you

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have it, your risk of heart disease goes up. It's so much about lifestyle and managing your food,

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what you eat and how you exercise. Taking care of your health is part of how we take care of preventing diabetes.

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But once you have it, keep working on it. Keep exercising and watching your diet. Stay away from the sugars and carbohydrates.

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And that's part of management. In women, diabetes is such a significant risk factor.

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And you need to do everything you can to prevent it from happening or for treating it.