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People with diabetes have a condition where the body and pancreas is not producing enough insulin for the body to properly function. There are many discoveries about the link between cholesterol and diabetes.

This link is called Macular edema and it can be very harmful to your health. Diabetes and high cholesterol can be very harmful to your health. If you have both of them, you will want to make sure that you pay close attention to your diet and that you increase your levels of exercise so that you don’t lose your sense of sight or become affected by diabetes and high cholesterol problems.

Macular edema is where you lose vision or become blind in one or both eyes because there is water in the macular of the eye. High glucose levels in the bloodstream, which happens when your body does not produce insulin, puts you at a greater risk for developing macular edema, and the surgery to relieve this condition, if it is even possible, is dangerous and difficult. Recent studies show people with diabetics and who have high cholesterol are more likely to develop macular edema.

You will want to note that there are both good and bad kinds of cholesterol. Good cholesterol is needed in the body, and is called HDL. Bad cholesterol, called LDL, produces excess lipoproteins in the blood stream, which builds up on blood vessel walls. Scientist claim that it is this build up that will cause heart attacks and may be responsible for strokes. Because diabetic patients are two to four times more likely to develop macular edema if they also have high levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood stream, they need to be extra careful about their diets.

You may not know this, but foods like eggs, fish, and milk happen to contain a lot of bad cholesterol. Foods high in trans fats are also culprits for LDL cholesterol. Although we do need some LDL cholesterol in our body to help with cell membrane production, our livers produce most, if not all, of what we need for our bodies to function properly. This means that you will have to limit your intake of such foods.

You will find that by avoiding foods that are high in cholesterol you may be able to keep your vision and prevent macular edema risks if you are diabetic. Low cholesterol diets will help improve your health. You will want to make sure that you do all that you can to stay healthy with diet and exercise. You can check your cholesterol levels by using a home test kit and you will be able to check the levels more accurately when you go to your doctor. If you stay healthy you will be able to prevent macular edema and you will be able to avoid other serious health problems that can be caused from being diabetic.

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