Dr. Schultz’s six top tips to manage your health:1. See your physician regularly.

2. Eat a proper diet.

3. Exercise regularly.

4. Stop smoking.

5. Control your blood sugar. Especially in the case of diabetes and hypertension. If you have good control of your blood sugar you can prevent amputations, blindness and kidney failure. Controlling hypertension greatly reduces your risk of stroke, kidney failure and heart attack.

6. Take your medication. “We see lots of cases where people have not taken their medication and develop complications,” Dr. Schultz said. “They may not take their insulin and their diabetes goes out of control. They might need to have an amputation.”