Studies have shown that diabetes is one of the main causes of heart problems; diabetes alone is a critical medical problem that affects almost 200 million people worldwide. Studies have shown that this number will increase by 250 million over the next 10 years. So does have shown that diabetes, obesity and hypertension are leading causes of heart for it.

The majority of patients being treated for heart problems in European hospitals were shown to have diabetes also. Though the research has been done in the United States. This is also a problem here. Researchers have not figured out why the two seem to go hand in hand. However, diabetes, heart disease is found in patients time and time again. The majority of people suffering from a heart condition are diabetic.