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Heart Health

Heart health articles for people with diabetes, including blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney overlap, medicines, activity, food choices, and cardiovascular risk.Seek urgent care for chest pain, severe shortness of breath, stroke warning signs, fainting, or symptoms that feel dangerous.

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Alcohol and Heart Health With Diabetes: What to Know

3rd June 202622nd March 2026 by Living Diabetes Editorial Team

3 min readReviewed

Alcohol can affect blood sugar, hypoglycemia risk, triglycerides, blood pressure, and heart health. Learn safer questions to ask.

SGLT2 Inhibitors: Heart and Kidney Protection Beyond Glucose

3rd June 202621st March 2026 by Living Diabetes Editorial Team

2 min readReviewed

SGLT2 inhibitors can protect heart and kidney health in selected people, but they also need clear sick-day and safety guidance.

Omega-3 and Diabetes: Fish, Supplements, and Heart Health

3rd June 202620th March 2026 by Living Diabetes Editorial Team

2 min readReviewed

Omega-3 advice for diabetes is nuanced. Fish can fit a heart-healthy pattern, but supplements are not a simple heart-risk fix.

Cholesterol and Diabetes: LDL, Triglycerides, HDL, and Heart Risk

6th June 202620th March 2026 by Living Diabetes Editorial Team

4 min readReviewed

Plain-language cholesterol guide for people with diabetes, explaining LDL, HDL, triglycerides, heart risk, testing, medicines, and questions.

Blood Pressure and Diabetes: What to Track and Ask

3rd June 202620th March 2026 by Living Diabetes Editorial Team

2 min readReviewed

Blood pressure control is central to diabetes heart and kidney protection. Learn what to track, what affects readings, and what to ask.

GLP-1 Medications and Heart Protection: What the Evidence Shows

6th June 202619th March 2026 by Living Diabetes Editorial Team

2 min readReviewed

Some GLP-1 medicines have heart outcome benefits in type 2 diabetes, but evidence is medication-specific. Learn the main caveats.

Diabetes and Heart Disease: What Raises Risk and What Helps

3rd June 202619th March 2026 by Living Diabetes Editorial Team

3 min readReviewed

Diabetes can raise heart disease risk, but blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney care, smoking, activity, and medicines can help.

Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome: Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Waist Risk

6th June 202614th October 2023 by Living Diabetes Editorial

2 min readReviewed

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors linked with diabetes and heart disease. Learn what it means and what to ask.