I appreciate your sentiment, @athx9891. I don’t think it’s possible to separate out one contributory factor and assign primary resposibility to it. I do know that the primary cause of death for a significant percentage of people with diabetes is heart disease related. Diabetes is a large risk factor for heart disease. At this point it is not important for me to determine actual causes, I just want to slow its progression.
I don’t want to sidetrack the flatliner discussion, so If anyone wants to make further comments about heart disease and diabetes, feel free to comment at this thread.