Diabetes, Artery Health and Foot Care

Thanks to everyone who liked and followed after my last video. Here's why this one really matters. Did you know diabetes can damage every artery in your body, even before you feel a thing? When blood sugar stays high, it injures the inner lining of your arteries. That damage triggers inflammation, plaque build-up and eventually narrowing, what we call atherosclerosis.

These blockages can form anywhere: in the heart, causing heart attacks; in the brain, causing strokes; or in the legs, causing poor circulation, ulcers and even gangrene. The good news is that we can detect early damage with simple non-invasive tests: an ankle-brachial pressure index or an arterial duplex ultrasound. They show how well your blood is flowing long before symptoms appear.

And here's the serious part. […] This World Diabetes Day, check your arteries before they check…