Dietary Fats and the Diabetic Patient

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Abstract
VASCULAR disease represents the foremost long-term problem in the diabetic patient. It has been abundantly demonstrated that diabetes predisposes to earlier onset and more rapid progression of atherosclerosis as compared to the clinical pattern of the disease in the nondiabetic portion of the population. The reasons for this remain to be precisely defined. In addition to atherosclerosis, the diabetic person is subject to a form of vascular disease involving the eyes and kidneys that to all intents and purposes is not found in any other disease. In the eye this condition goes on to retinitis proliferans, widespread hemorrhage and eventual . . .