Try to manage your stress levels

Stress management is important for everyone's health, but it's more important if you have type 2 diabetes. According to Robert A. Gabbay, MD, Ph.D., an endocrinologist and chief medical officer at Joslin Diabetic Center in Boston, the way your body responds to stress might raise your risk of diabetes complications.

In fact, blood sugar levels can be associated with stress. When you're stressed, your body produces hormones like glucagon and cortisol, which raise blood sugar levels. Exercise, relaxation, and meditation significantly reduced stress and blood sugar levels, according to a research involving a group of students. Exercises and relaxation methods such as yoga and mindfulness-based stress reduction may also aid people with chronic diabetes with insulin secretion problems.