Diabetes Websites and Information Resources

The sites each offer their own particular features so I will try to break them down for you so that you go directly to what you need.

GENERAL SITES (return to top)

The American Diabetes Association – http://www.diabetes.org/
This huge site has just about everything you need to know about diabetes
and then some. It may be a little technical in places but that is probably
because you got into the professional section by mistake. You can order
all their publications from here.

On-line Diabetes Resources by Rick Mendosa – http://www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm
Rick Mendosa, himself a diabetic, has cataloged just about everything
there is on the Web concerning diabetes. It is a huge undertaking and he
manages to bring it off beautifully. He also has some excellent articles
that he has written on various topics in diabetes.

National Diabetes Education Program – http://ndep.nih.gov/
The federal government is sponsoring this program to improve treatments
and outcomes for people with diabetes, to promote early diagnosis and to
prevent the onset of diabetes. It is a vast undertaking.

National Diabetes Education Initiative – http://www.ndei.org/website/
The Federal Government is determined to teach physicians about the importance of meeting the standards of diabetes care and how to go about doing this. You can learn a lot by looking at their programs.

Medline Plus- Diabetes – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
The National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health join together here to provide you with the latest news and information on this crucial topic.

Medscape Diabetes and Endocrinology Home Page – http://medscape.com/diabetes
Here you will find numerous articles about diabetes from the medical literature as well as free access to the files of the National Library of Medicine.

The Diabetes Monitor – http://www.diabetesmonitor.com
This is the creation of diabetes specialist, Dr. William Quick. He
discusses every aspect of diabetes including the latest discoveries.

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation – http://www.jdf.org/
The JDF prides itself on its contribution to research in diabetes and
this site reflects that. You will find what you want to know about the
latest government programs that emphasize finding a cure for diabetes.

Children with Diabetes – http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/
This is the creation of a father of a diabetic child and has an enormous
database of information for the parents of diabetics.

Joslin Diabetes Center – http://www.joslin.org/
This Center has been one of the world’s leading pioneers in diabetes
care and the information to be found reflects this. It also tells you how
you can join Joslin, to do research or to go to diabetes camp.

Canadian Diabetes Association – http://www.diabetes.ca/
If you are a Canadian, you will want to visit this site since a lot
of their information, obviously, pertains to the special needs of the Canadian diabetic. However, this is much general information. A major benefit is
that the information is in French as well as English.

The International Diabetes Federation – http://www.idf.org/
This is an organization of over 100 countries which meets every three
years and can be the source for knowledgeable diabetes experts around the
world.

Ask NOAH About Diabetes – http://www.noah-health.org/
This provides a large amount of information in both English and Spanish.
It comes from the New York Online Access to Health, a partnership of New
York institutions.

SITES OF COMPANIES THAT MAKE DIABETES PRODUCTS (return to top)

Glucose meters

Abbott Laboratories – http://www.abbott.com/

Bayer – http://www.bayercarediabetes.com/

Home Diagnostics Inc. http://www.thesmartchoice.com/

LifeScan – http://www.lifescan.com/

Roche – http://www.roche.com/

Lancing devices

Owen Mumford – http://www.owenmumford.com/

Insulin Pumps

Animas-www.animascorp.com

DANA Diabecare USA

http://www.theinsulinpump.com

Deltec, Inc http://www.delteccozmo.com

Medttronic MiniMed – http://www.minimed.com/

Nipro Diabetes Systems – http://GlucoPro.com/

Insulin

Aventis – http://www.aventis.com/

Eli Lilly and Company – http://www.lilly.com/

Novo Nordisk – http://www.novo-nordisk.com/

Insulin Syringes

Becton Dickinson and Company – http://www.bd.com/diabetes/

Insulin Jet Injection Devices

Activa Brand Products – http://www.advantajet.com/mainsite.htm

Antares Pharma (formerly Medi-Ject Corporation) – http://www.mediject.com/

Bioject Medical Technologies – http://www.bioject.com/

Injex (formerly Equidyne) – http://www.injex.com/

Companies and Their Oral Medications

Aventis -Amaryl – http://www.aventis.com/

Bristol-Myers Squibb-Glucophage and Glucovance and Glucophage XR-
http://www.bms.com/landing/data/index.html

Eli Lilly-Takeda – Actos – http://www.lilly.com/

Pfizer Inc.- Glucotrol – http://www.pfizer.com/

Glaxo SmithKline -Avandia – http://www.gsk.com

DIABETIC ATHLETES ORGANIZATION (return to top)

Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association – http://www.diabetes-exercise.org/

GOVERNMENT WEB SITES (return to top)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease - http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/

Centers for Disease Control – http://www.cdc.gov/health/diabetes.htm

Healthfinder Web Site – http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Pubmed Search Service of the National Library of Medicine – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

NON-GOVERNMENT WEB SITE FOR SEARCHING THE NATIONAL LIBRARY (return to top)

MedFetch – http://www.medfetch.com/

This is an excellent site for creating repeated searches on a topic
like diabetes over time. The information arrives by e-mail.

DIABETES INFORMATION IN OTHER LANGUAGES (return to top)

For Spanish, Asian and Pacific Islanders

http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/catalog.htm#PubsAsianAm

For French
http://www.diabetes.ca/

For Russian
http://medinforus.homestead.com/MedInfoRus.html

For German
http://www.zueri-sweet.4t.com/

For Hebrew
http://www.sukeret.co.il/

SITES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (return to top)

American Foundation for the Blind – http://www.afb.org/

Blindness Resource Center – http://www.nyise.org/text/blindness.htm

Diabetes Division of the National Federation of the Blind – http://www.nfb.org/diabetes.htm

ANIMALS WITH DIABETES (return to top)
Dogs – http://www.petdiabetes.org

Cats – http://www.felinediabetes.com/

RECIPES FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES (return to top)

The first cookbook you should look at is Diabetes Cookbook for Dummies, which I wrote with Fran Stach. This book would not have been written if it didn’t offer a special feature, namely the recipes of some of the finest chefs in the United States and Canada. You can find a number of excellent books and even more recipes on World Wide Web sites. You can generally count on the recipes in books to contain the nutrients they list, but on the Web, you need to evaluate the site before accepting the recipes. You can trust the sites that we list here.

Recipe Books for People with Diabetes

No book like Diabetes Cookbook for Dummies exists on cooking for people with diabetes. Those listed in this section offer recipes for homegrown meals, not the creative work of the great chefs. However, plenty of useful information and tons of good recipes appear in the books we list here.

American Diabetes Association, Month of Meals Series, American Diabetes Association, 1998.

Better Homes and Gardens, Carb Counter’s Diabetic Cookbook,
Meredith Books, 2003.

Cross, Doris, and Alice Williams Real Food for People with Diabetes, Prima Publishing, 1997.

Donkersloot, Mary, R.D. The Simply Gourmet Diabetic Cookbook, Three Rivers Press, 1998.

Gaines, Fabiola Demps, RD, LD and Roniece Weaver, RD, LD, The New Soul Food Cookbook for People with Diabetes, American Diabetes Association, 1999

Geil, Patty B. Diabetes Meals on $7 a Day or Less, American Diabetes Association, 1999.

Grunes, Barbara, Meatless Diabetic Cookbook, Prima Publishing, 1998.

Hess, Mary Abbott, The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic, NTC/Contemporary Publishing, 1998.

Little, Billie, Recipes for Diabetics, U.S.A., 1999.

Marton, Beryl M., The Great Chicken Book for People with Diabetes, American Diabetes Association, 1999.

Stanley, Kathleen, CDE, RD, MSER, and Connie Crawley, MS, RD, LD, Quick & Easy Diabetic Recipes for One, American Diabetes Association, 2007.

Warshaw, Hope S., MMSc, RD, CDE and Robyn Webb, MS, The Diabetes Food & Nutrition Bible, American Diabetes Association, 2001.

Webb, Robyn, MS, Eat to Beat Diabetes, Readers Digest Books, 2007.

Wedman-St. Louis, Betty, Fast & Fabulous Diabetic Menus, Contemporary Books, 1998.

Recipe Web Sites for People with Diabetes

In this section, we list the best of the currently available Web sites. Things change so frequently on the Web that it’s difficult to keep up to date. Check back often.

* The nutrition section of the American Diabetes Association Web site begins at
http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-and-recipes/nutrition/overview.jsp. Here you find discussions of nutrition as well as lots of recipes.

* Children with Diabetes includes a large amount of information on meal planning, sugar substitutes, and the food guide pyramid, as well as many recipes at www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_08_000.htm.

* The Joslin Diabetes Center points out that “There is no such thing as a diabetic diet” among many other topics on nutrition at www.joslin.org/education/library/.

* Ask NOAH About Diabetes supplies links to many important articles about diabetic nutrition as well as diabetic recipes at www.noah-health.org/.

* “Three Fat Chicks on a Diet” has complete calorie counts for most fast food restaurants at http://www.3fatchicks.com/fast-food-nutrition/

* The Vegetarian Resource Group maintains a large site filled with information for vegetarians who have developed diabetes at www.vrg.org/journal/diabetes.htm.

* The Food and Drug Administration provides a long article about diabetic nutrition at vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/cons1194.txt.

* Diabetic Gourmet Magazine offers a valuable site that contains information about diagnosis and treatment as well as numerous recipes that you can use at
diabeticgourmet.com.

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