Diabetes is serious. And high blood glucose can be a scary thing. But mainline medicine embraces the idea that you can take control and lower blood sugar naturally. Here are two keys to get you off on the right path.

1. Keep the faith. For a diabetic or a pre diabetic, it’s not pablum. Your attitude makes a measurable difference in your risk factors.

The paradox is that a diabetic (or pre diabetic) who is making good choices and controlling their blood glucose may end up healthier than a non diabetic who isn’t conscious of their lifestyle (and insurance companies are realizing this, so don’t think you can’t get insurance!). And it’s not just your discipline. Your attitude makes a huge difference as well.

When you’re positive - engaging your problems with glucose as a challenge - you’re more likely to plan, to schedule, and to stay on your regimen. You’re also putting chemicals in your body that make you healthier. In a study published in 2001, Dr. LS Berk showed that laughing reduces epinephrine levels and arterial inflammation which decreases a diabetic’s risk of heart failure and other complications.

Wherever you are in your process with diabetes, the more you treat it as manageable, the more it will be.

2. Keep exercising! Don’t become complacent. For some reason there’s myth floating around that people with diabetes shouldn’t exercise. Like all myths, it has its root in fact. There are particular situations that would indicate you should stop exercising - if you have hemorrhaging in your eye or severe neuropathy. And there are times when you should consult your doctor first - if you have retinopathy, are coming off an injury, or are over 40 and haven’t exercised in a while, for instance.

But in general every person with diabetes ought to exercise regularly. Add 5,000 walking steps a day (about 2 1/4 miles) to your normal routine, and strengthen your muscles - lift light weights, do mountain climbing or cross-country skiing, or play some tennis. Do something where you’re using your arms.

While diabetes is still the leading cause of blindness and kidney failure in America, that’s not the final destination for every diabetic journey. In fact, you have more resources than ever to reverse the damage glucose is doing to your body.

Here’s your third key:

3. Get on a regimen that you can absolutely depend on to help you lower blood sugar naturally and help you keep it low so you stop the damage as soon as possible and start to heal.

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