If you have diabetes, you are two to four times more likely to have heart disease than someone without diabetes. You can control your health risks by making some changes in your life.

Type 2 diabetes makes it hard for the body to use glucose (sugar). Food is still changed into glucose. The glucose still travels in the bloodstream to the cells. But problems with insulin make it hard for glucose to enter the cells.

Did you know that if you have diabetes, you have a two to four times greater risk for heart disease and stroke than people without diabetes?

Because of recent medical advances, people with diabetes can do a lot more these days to help control their disease.

Did you know that if you have diabetes, you have a two to four times greater risk for heart disease and stroke than people without diabetes?