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When the body’s various systems become overloaded with glucose, the situation is anything but sweet. High blood sugar and high insulin levels are directly damaging to the lining of your blood vessels. This accounts for many of the tragic consequences of diabetes, including the following:

 Blindness

 Heart disease, including heart attacks and heart failure

 Intestinal disease

 Kidney failure

 Liver disease

 Nerve damage

 Poor healing, which may lead to dangerous skin and bone infections, sometimes requiring amputation

 Stroke

Complications from diabetes can usually be managed with medication and surgery, but they can’t be undone. It doesn’t take a medical degree to recognize that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.