On Tue, 7 May 2013 19:49:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> Diabetes doesn't "lead to" heart disease. He may have heart problems. I
> don't. Never have. Many diabetics don't.

Maybe, but maybe you're like governor Christie and an obese person I
know who say they are in perfect health... it doesn't mean it won't
happen. Christie got lap band surgery for his "health"... if he was
still healthy every other way in reality, he wouldn't have done it.
Men are like that.

> It might be said that there is a
> higher percentage of diabetics with heart problems than the general
> population but I don't know that to be true.

I don't know either, that's what I read recently and I have no reason
to disbelieve it because doctors always tell people to lose weight
even if they are healthy otherwise. Why? Because excess weight leads
to other problems.

> Nor do I know it not to be
> true. My friend's dad had heart problems. No diabetes. Same with my
> friend. Same with my grandpa.

Yes, people can have heart disease and not be overweight. I didn't
say that was the ONLY way people get heart disease. People who have
never been overweight in their lives can have high cholesterol too...
and they won't have heart disease (yet).

> But I have a friend of a friend who has
> both. Started with the heart problems. The diabetes was discovered about
> 2-3 years later.

Hubby was "pre" diabetic for decades, had the stents while he was
still being told he was pre-diabetic. So much for that.
>
> I never limit my fat but...

You haven't had heart problems yet. Get back to me after they put
stents in your heart.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.