Reducing salt and added sugars, limiting fats, increasing fruit and vegetable intake, and consuming potassium-rich foods in smaller, more frequent meals can help manage heart failure symptoms.
I've had diabetes for almost 6 years and am controlling my blood sugar to reduce the risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. Why can diabetes cause heart failure? (Hong Chung, 43 years old)
A 96-year-old woman, My, with atrial fibrillation, hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease, was diagnosed with heart failure despite normal ejection fraction after undergoing several tests.
