New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Increased stress can adversely affect blood sugar regulation in the body since it is seen that often as a coping mechanism, people tend to binge on high calorie content food. Increase in stress can lead to rise in the sugar levels, thus completely disrupting any control on the levels that may have been achieved.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Kedar Tilwe, Consultant Psychiatrist at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital in Vashi, shared, "Patients are more likely to miss their medicines when under immense stress, leading to drastic fluctuations in their sugar levels. Also, these individuals tend to be absentminded while under pressure, therefore it can result in a person erroneously taking extra medicines or inappropriat...