These are a few of my favorite links

The Keys to Diabetes Self-Care and Related Links*

Eat wisely

 

 

 


American Dietetic Association
Beverage Guide from GlucoMenu
Celiac Disease and Gluten-free Diet Info
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
Dietary education (IDF video)
Dr. Preston Maring’s Farmers’ Market and Recipe Update
Dining out tips
Edible Nation
Everyday Choices
Farmers’ Market Recipes
Food and Drug Administration
Food detective game from Kaiser
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Food pyramid
Fruit Guys
GlucoMenu (daily menus with shopping lists)
Gluten free living
Go Vegetarian!
Groovy Pyramid
Hope Warshaw’s favorite food database
Hispanic Foodways
Mindless Eating
My Food Advisor
Nutritional needs for type 1 and 2 (IDF video)
Nutrition Smarts
Organic Consumers
Organic delivery options
Organic Discounters/Fresh Harvest Boxes (SF Bay Area)
Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association
Portion Distortion
Seafood Watch
Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides Start a farmers’ market!
Start a farmers market!
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website re: food safety
Vegan Essentials
Vegetarian cooking
Vegetarian Starter Kit

Be active

 

 

 

Check numbers

(glucose, A1C, blood pressure, cholesterol, weight)

 


A1C at Home
A1C Now
Blood pressure monitors (Omron)
Body Mass Index Calculator
Childhood obesity
Cholesterol home kit
Continuous glucose monitoring with Abbott’s Navigator
Continuous glucose monitoring with DexCom
Continuous glucose monitoring with Medtronic’s Guardian
Diagnosis (IDF video)
Lower Blood Pressure with Resperate
National Diabetes Education Program
Obesity Society

Self management (IDF video)
Taking Control of Your Diabetes
Weight-control Information Network

 

Mind matters

 

 

 


Adults Coping with Type 1 Diabetes
Behavior change (IDF video)
Behavioral Diabetes Institute
The Butter Compartment
Club Spud
Dear Janice
Diabetes Cruise/Wellness
Diabetes and Honey (film)
Diabetes Mine
Diabetes Sisters
Financial Help for Diabetes Care
Get Motivated (book)
Guided Imagery (download or listen)
How to Change Behavior
Inspired by Diabetes
Labyrinth Project
Mental Health Association (find a therapist near you)
Spa – go now!
Sugar (NYC LGBT support group)

 

Understand medications

 


Amy’s Insulin Pump Summary Videos
Blood glucose lowering medications (IDF video)
Complementary therapies (IDF video)
Drug Information (from Drug Watch)
Drugs that May Affect Glucose Levels
Food and Drug Administration
Herbs and Supplements
Insulin (IDF video)
Insulin Calculators (ask your healthcare team for one)
Insulin dosage, how to adjust
Insulin dosage, how to figure out
Insulin, how to handle missed dose
Insulin Factor
Insulin For Life
Insulin Pumpers
Integrated Diabetes Services
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance

 



Avoid problems

 


Alcohol and smoking (Journey for Control)
Alcoholics Anonymous
American Heart Association
American Chronic Pain Association
American Pain Foundation
Diabetes fraud? A list from the FDA
Diabetic ketoacidosis and HHNS care tips (Journey for Control)
Diabetic ketoacidosis and HHNS (IDF video)
Diabetic retinopathy/eye disease (IDF video)
Diabetic nephropathy/kidney disease (IDF video)
Diabetes Newswire
Dialysis at Sea
Dogs 4 Diabetics
Find a diabetes educator
Find an eye doctor
Find an endocrinologist
Find a podiatrist
Find a therapist
Gu Gel (hypo prevention/treatment for athletes)
Hypoglycemia (IDF video)
Mail pharmacy at CCS Medical
Mail pharmacy at Liberty Medical
Mail pharmacy and supplies at Medicool
Managing Diabetes During Illness (Journey for Control)
Narcotics Anonymous
National Diabetes Education Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Neuropathy Association
Peripheral nerve surgery (for neuropathy)
Peripheral Arterial Disease Coalition
Sexual health tips for men (Journey for Control)
Sexual health tips for women (Journey for Control)
Toenail fungus treatment via laser
Travel packs and accessories
Women’s Sexual Health, International Society for
Wound healing (IDF video)

 

Reduce risks

 


Become an EX (Smoker)
California Smokers’ Helpline
Diabetes in Schools (California)
Eye care tips (Journey for Control)
Foot care tips (Journey for Control)
Foot thermometer
Footwear, specialty
Footwear, therapeutic for men
Footwear, therapeutic for women
Heart care tips (Journey for Control)
MedicAlert
National Diabetes Education Program
National Eye Institute
Oral/teeth and gum care tips (Journey for Control)
Sleep centers
Tobacco Education Clearing House

 

Add humor

 

Allen Klein
Association of Applied & Therapeutic humor
Band Name Maker
Cancer is Not Funny
Carolina Health and Humor Association:
CartoonMD
Cartoon strip generator
Comedy zone
Comedy Cures
Defeat Diabetes Foundation cartoons
Diabetes Sudoku (PDF)
Garnero’s comprehensive humor reference list
Gesundheit Institute
Haidee Merritt, Things That Suck about Being Diabetic
The Hospital Clown
Humor Horizons
The Humor Project
Humor mall (humor skills for stage and platform)
Humor Research
International Society for Humor Studies
Jeopardy Game with a Diabetes Slant
Journal of Nursing Jocularity
John Kinde’s free Humor Ezine
Karyn Buxman – Freakin’ Funny Nurse
Laughaway (Arya Pathria)
Laughing May Lower Heart Attack Risk
Laugh Lovers (Toastmakers Chapter)
Laughter's Effect on Post Prandial Glucose
Laughter Lowers Post Prandial Glucose (scroll to page 17)
Laughter RX Laughter Yoga
Laughing matters newsletter
Pot Luck Puzzles
Solitaire Game with a Diabetes Twist
The Humor Collection
Toomers (a cancer cartoon by Buck Cash)
Who is who in humor research
World Laughter

 

Other
Organizations

 

 


Adorn Designs (stylish diabetic bags)

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
American Association of Diabetes Educators
American Council of the Blind
American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association, latest press releases
America's Literacy Directory
American Sign Language Medical Glossary
American Sign Language University
Association of Medical Providers with Hearing Loss
BioMedical Search
California Pacific Medical Center , Center for Diabetes Services
California Diabetes Program
Cancer Fighters Thrive
Centers for Disease Control, Diabetes Division
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Children with Diabetes
Clinical trials
Clinical Trials Connection
Close Concerns
Cure Type 1
Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes
Deaf MD
Deaf Resources
Defeat Diabetes Foundation
Department of Veteran Affairs
Diabetes: A Global Epidemic
Diabetes ANd Gay: DANG Foundation
Diabetes Atlas
Diabetes Hands Foundation
Diabetes Health Magazine
Diabetes Health monitor
Diabetes HOW: Helping Our World
Diabetes in America
Diabetes In Control
Diabetic Investor
Diabetic Radio
Diabetes Made Visible
Diabetes Mall
Diabetes Research Institute
Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation
Diabetes Round Table
dLife (awesome TV show, website)
Dr. Sheri Colberg
Endocrine Society
European Association for the Study of Diabetes
Foreign language diabetes links
Free Diabetes CEUs
Gestational Diabetes (at ADA)
Gestational Diabetes (at Sweet Success)
Go Red for Women
Glymetrix
Healthier US
Healthy Living Map
Healthy Outcomes (rewards for self care)
Immune Tolerance Network
Indian Health Service
International Diabetes Federation
Italian Diabetes Association
Italian Diabetes Project
Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute
Joslin Diabetes Center
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Juvenation (Type 1 social network)
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
LGBT Healthcare Resource (Fenway Health)
LGBT Healthcare Tips (Straight for Equality)
Life For A Child (award winning film & organization)
Mendosa.com (freelance writer with diabetes)
Menopause Society
Mexican Diabetes Association (federacion mexicana de diabetes)
My Brother Ed
My brother Ed’s band: Groove Noodles
My brother Ed’s video "Paris Underground"
My Brother Joe
My Child Has Diabetes
National Anemia Action Council
National Diabetes Education Program
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
National Federation of the Blind
Office of Minority Health
Partnership for Clear Health Communication
Patient Safety / Tips for Consumers
Physicians Committee for responsible Medicine
Physicians Weekly Diabetes Tips
Plain Language
Present Diabetes
San Francisco Bay Area Association of Diabetes Educators
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Selected Patient Information in Asian Languages
Sign Language Savvy
Society of Hospital Medicine – Glycemic Control
Suzanne Gardner(Type 1 artist)
Sweet Adelines International
Tudiabetes
Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet
World Diabetes Day (Nov. 14th)


*Adapted from the AADE 7 Self Care Behaviors TM; Icons are original works of T.Garnero.



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