5. Regular exercise
We’ve discussed the benefit of acute exercise – how one burst of intense activity can help you to burn your blood sugar. At the same time though, it is also important to recognize that regular activity will help you to improve your insulin sensitivity and thus cause long-term beneficial changes to your blood sugar levels.
It’s also important to be generally active. That means that you should get up and walk around at regular intervals, walk where possible instead of getting the bus, and generally avoid a sedentary lifestyle. Sedentary lifestyles are very much linked with increased risk of diabetes.