1. Children with Diabetes Online Community

An online community for kids, families, and adults with diabetes, featuring message boards, chat rooms, and questions/answers from medical professionals.

Welcome!

2. American Diabetes Association

The Official Web Site of the AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION. This site offers the latest information on diabetes and living with the disease. The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the li

http://www.diabetes.org/

3. Diabetes – Doctor’s Guide to the Internet

The latest medical news and information for patients or friends/parents of patients diagnosed with Diabetes and Diabetes-related disorders.

http://www.pslgroup.com/DIABETES.htm

4. children with DIABETES – About Children with Diabetes

About Children with Diabetes. Jump to a new section. –[ Getting Around ]- – Home Page. What’s New. User’s Guide. Index. Migration Help. Search.

http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/about.htm

5. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

This is the official web site of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. In its mission to conduct and support research on kidney, urologic, hemat

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/

6. Diabetes – Room 42 Resource Center for Health, Mind, & Body.

Room 42 Resource Center is a collection of resource centers (still growing). Each Resource Center is designed to weave web resources, with the cozy atmosphere of your favorite local bookstore. Thank

http://www.room42.com/store/health_center/diet_nutrition/diabetes.shtml

7. Diabetes Publications Online

An index of diabetes links to information such as a diabetes dictionary, diabetes nutrition publications, devices for insulin delivery, and more.

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/diabetes.htm

8. Diabetes Monitor

Covers diabetes happenings everywhere on the Internet. Includes a diabetes registry, links to useful sites and more.

http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/

9. Diabetes Control Center

Diabetes Control Center Diabetes is a BAD NEWS, GOOD NEWS disease. Ask Dr. Chuck about diabetes. Email – d…@dr-diabetes.com Easy Diet updated – see below

http://www.dr-diabetes.com/

10. Diabetes Management for the PalmPilot – Diabetic Bookstore

Diabetes Management for the PalmPilot – Diabetic BookstoreDefault0.0

http://www.tweak.org/

11. Diabetes, News, Diabetes, Library, Diabetes ,Advice, Diabetes

Diabetes News, Library, Links, Nyheter, Uutiset, Bibliotek, Kirjasto, Advice, Hjälp, Apua

http://personal.inet.fi/koti/peter.granholm/DIABET.HTM

12. Clinical Practice Recommendation for Management of Diabetes in Correctional Institution

http://www.diabetes.org/DiabetesCare/Supplement/s40.htm

13. Diabetes Mall

Information, research and shopping for diabetes information and resources.

http://www.diabetesnet.com/

14. Diabetes New Zealand

Educates and informs people about diabetes, its treatment, prevention, and cure of diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.org.nz/

15. children with DIABETES – Feedback

Feedback Jump to a new section –[ Getting Around ]– Home Page What’s New User’s Guide Index Migration Help Search Site Map Mission –[ Clinic ]– Ask the Diabetes Team Diabetes Basics Diabetes at School Products Food and Diet Diabetes Dictionary Diabetes

http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/feedback/

16. Clinical Practice Recommendation for Management of Diabetes in Correctional Institutions

http://www.diabetes.org/DiabetesCare/Supplement/s48.htm

17. Diabetes Home Care-Diabetic Supplies Shipped Nationwide

Diabetic Supplies Shipped Nationwide.800-544-5433,Medicare and private insurance assignment.Diabetes personal care products,Educational information and links,Family owned,professional,caring,service since 1989.

http://www.diabeteshomecare.com/

18. Alberta Foundation for Diabetes Research

The Alberta Foundation for Diabetes Research AFDR was organized by a group of dedicated volunteers affected by diabetes. The Alberta Foundation for Diabetes Research (AFDR), was incorporated under the Societies Act on November 4, 1988.

http://afdr.ab.ca/

19. CDC’s Diabetes and Public Health Resource

Diabetes Home. What’s New? About Our Program. Diabetes FAQs. Publications & Products. Clip art. State-based Programs. Statistics. Special Projects.. ..

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ddt/ddthome.htm

20. For Diabetics and people with Heart Disease or those concerned about D…

Announcing help for diabetics and people with heart disease, or those concerned about diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, insulin or blood sugar levels.

http://www.diabetes-heartdisease.com/

21. The Diabetes Monitor: Monitoring Diabetes Happenings Everywhere in …

Monitoring diabetes happenings everywhere in cyberspace . . . DIABETES REGISTRY A wide-ranging list of webpages about various aspects of diabetes care, subdivided by topic. DIABETES on the WEB Hodgepodges of hyperlinks to huge and humble homepages

http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/

22. CANADIAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION

Welcome to the Canadian Diabetes Association website. Our mission is to promote the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service…

http://www.diabetes.ca/index.htm

23. children with DIABETES – Privacy Policy Statement

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24. Diabetes Insipidus Foundation

Provides information on all forms of diabetes insipidus: neurogenic, nephrogenic, dipsogenic and gestagenic DI. Chat, articles, brochures, FAQ’s, etc…

http://diabetesinsipidus.maxinter.net/brochure1.htm

25. On-line Diabetes Resources

Tracking Diabetes on the Web Since February 1995 Most Recent Update: November 11, 1999 A Comprehensive Directory of Substantative Information about Diabetes

http://www.cruzio.com/~mendosa/faq.htm

26. Diabetes Insipidus Foundation, Inc.

Welcome to the world of “A DiFferent Diabetes” … A diabetes that is not widely diagnosed. A diabetes that is often mistaken for diabetes mellitus.

http://diabetesinsipidus.maxinter.net/

27. Diabetes.com

A range of diabetes information: news, diet, controlling the disease, issues for women, support, kool kids, and others.

http://www.diabetes.com/

28. Diabetics Unite Homepage

Based in Miramichi city, New Brunswick, Canada, the Diabetics Unite! web site has become world renown for links and information on various diabetes CURE campaigns and research.

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/4750

29. children with DIABETES – Copyright Notice

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30. Diabetes Australia – Victoria

Website of Diabetes Australia – Victoria. DAV is a community-based, non- profit organization that represents the health, welfare and interests of all people with diabetes. We are a registered charity and leader in diabetes education.

http://www.dav.org.au/

31. Diabetes complications – abstracts from the literature

Diabetes and its complications; NIDDM, late onset diabetes; abstracts

http://www.alphanutrition.com/diabetes/diabetespapers.htm

32. Canadian Diabetes Association

News, coping information, a diabetes dictionary, quizzes, and other areas.

http://www.diabetes.ca/

33. Diabetes News – Joslin Diabetes Center

Medical Files May Identify 8 Million Americans Who Have Diabetes – But Don’t Know It

http://www.joslin.harvard.edu/news/undiag.html

34. Diabetes and Family Planning

The decision to have a child is a major decision for a diabetic woman. The pregnancy will be a high risk situation, with respect to physical health, emotional responses, and financial concerns.

http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/dm-fam-p.htm

35. American Association of Diabetes Educators

http://www.aadenet.org/

36. Diabetes Care

Diabetes care resources including book and tapes for self-care…

http://www.helptapes.com/diabetes.html

37. Diabetes in Cats

A veterinarian provides answers to pet owners’ questions about diabetes. Questions about home testing, conversion factors for insulin, medications, neuropathy, Cushings disease and xanthomas are included.

http://www.vetinfo.com:80/cdiabetes.html

38. Diabetes: Late-Breaking Medical Research

FREE background information on Diabetes, with the opportunity to purchase summaries of the latest clinical research on Diabetes before facing difficult decisions

http://www.lifestages.com/health/diabetes.html

39. Managing Your Diabetes(SM) Patient Education Program

Eli Lilly provides facts about diabetes care, diabetes research, as well as insulin therapy. Included is information about their Humulin and Humalog insulin products.

http://www.lilly.com/diabetes/

40. HealthAnswers – Diabetes Insipidus

Overview of the condition including information on symptoms, causes and treatments.

http://www.healthanswers.com/adam/top/view.asp?filename=000377.htm

41. Diabetes – DiabetesGuiden – debattforum och informationsplats för dig …

Diabetesguiden – för dig med diabetes, information, frågor och svar

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42. Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Foundation NDI Information & Resources

A foundation formed to support education, research, treatment, and cure for Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus. …

http://www.ndif.org/index.html

43. DIABETES – Sexual Intimacy

Table of contents for Diabetes.com articles about sexual intimacy for people with diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.com/health_library//sexual_intimacy.html

44. Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition

Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition, is a 733-page compilation and assessment of epidemiologic, public health, and clinical data on diabetes and its complications in the United States.

http://diabetes-in-america.s-3.com/Default.htm

45. The Whittier Institute for Diabetes

A subsidiary of Scripps dedicated to diabetes research, education and patient care through a collaborative program with the University of California, San Diego.

http://www.whittier.org/

46. Diabetes and Hormone Center of the Pacific

DIABETES AND ENDOCRINOLOGY HOME PAGE PRESENTED BY: A comprehensive state- of-the-art center for the diagnosis and treatment of Diabetes and Hormonal Disorders.

http://www.endocrinologist.com/

47. Do Your Level Best: Start Controlling Your Blood Sugar Today

Your doctor says you have diabetes. It’s not the end of the world. This information will help you learn how to take care of your diabetes and how to prevent some of the serious problems that diabetes can cause.

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/dylb/home.htm

48. Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International

Publications, research, chapters, news, and more.

http://www.jdfcure.com/

49. Catalogue of Publications – Joslin Diabetes Center

Books on diabetes, videotapes on diabetes, and other eduational materials can be ordered from the Joslin Diabetes Center Catalogue

http://www.joslin.harvard.edu/education/catalogue.html

50. Diabetes Monitor: Diabetes Registry

Diabetes Registry: A wide-ranging list of webpages about various aspects of diabetes care, subdivided by topic.

http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/dr-00001.htm

51. Diabetes Support/Information Board

It is my hope, that through this message board, people will learn something about Diabetes, and perhaps make a difference in their own, or someone…

http://www.nucleus.com/~munro/bbs/diabetes.htm

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53. Diabetes.com | Latest Diabetes News, Information and Community

Search: Health Library – QuickNav Newly Diagnosed Healthy Diet & Exercise Sexual Intimacy Avoiding Complications Tightest Control Ever Risk Factors & Prevention Support Groups Profiles Women’s Health & Pregnancy Children & Diabetes Money Matters Resources

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54. Feline Diabetes

Feline Diabetes is the original internet guide for cats who have diabetes. Since 1996 we have been a clearinghouse for information about the disease and its treatment, along with a bulletin board for questions, extensive links, a photo gallery

http://www.pricemd.com/felinediabetes/

55. Diabetes Society of Singapore

Diabetes Society of Singapore

http://www.ecomz.com/dss-tlh

56. Research Volunteers- Joslin Diabetes Center

Many diabetes research opportunities are ongoing at Joslin Boston. Research volunteers at Joslin Diabetes Center help in understanding diabetes treatment and its complications.

http://www.joslin.harvard.edu/jboston/research_volunteers.html

57. Canine Diabetes Mellitus Home Page

Information for owners of Canine’s with Diabetes Mellitus Sissy- The reason for this page Pet Loss Other Links of Interest (non-diabetic) Veterinary Colleges- Home Pages

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58. children with DIABETES – Ask the Diabetes Team

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59. Welcome to Vigora’s Diabetes Health Site!

Vigora Diabetes Health Site offers a line of diabetic management software and other products that make the control of diabetes easier, including the Diabetes Mentor and COP. Available for Macintosh and Windows.

http://www.vigora.com/

60. Mediconsult.com – Diabetes – Treatment~Outline

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Being diagnosed diabetic did not change your nutritional requirements. It just makes it harder to meet them. Always judge any proposed diet this way first. Diabetes treatment is the rest of your life, so your diet has to be good enough to go the distance.

The first thing is to look where you can easily eliminate carbohydrates, especially sugar. Things like going to only diet sodas…

An important part of diabetes treatment is exercise. Everyone says diet and exercise, but they are not separate. Your diet has to support your exercise. While exercise can use up BG (blood glucose), that’s not it’s most important use for Type 2 diabetics. Type 2 is what you probably have unless you were immediately put on insulin and the onset was sudden. Exercise for Type 2’s readjusts your metabolism and also lowers insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is really what’s wrong with you. That glucose in your blood is having trouble getting thru the cell walls. So, don’t forget exercise. And, exercise makes the necessary diet less severe.

The way my nutritionist went was to calculate a total calories for me and then alot those calories according to the norms of a healthy diet. Looking at my recommended diet and doing some calculator math, it looks like this was a diet who’s energy is distributed 52% Carbohydrate, 26% Fat, and 22% Protein. This sort of proportion is variable, but don’t stray too far.

There is no diabetes diet that fits all. Once you have decided on a description of your ideal diet, then you alot it across the day. More, smaller meals usually are better. Then the fun begins. You start eating according to this diet, and monitor your BG all thru the day and night. Spread the testing out, say 4-5 times a day at first. Watch how various foods and meals change BG. Make adjustments and continue to fine tune it until you get the best result consistant with good nutrition and what you can stand. That will be the diet that works for you.

Note that BG has a normal daily cycle. Learn what yours is, and work on that base, it’s a lot easier.

Note that diabetes tends to be a moving target, so continual testing and adjustment are the norm.

I know I did not give you a set of meals or any other sort of diet. This is really a matter to get out of your doctor and a nutritionist. At least get a total calorie recommendation, everything is based on that. It helps to get some sort of method of analizing your diet. Either computerized or a set of books of nutritional values. That way you can analize what you are given. Even the nutritionists, and more likely, the doctors can and will give you diets that are not balanced. So, look at what is given to you carefully. Helps to keep a diary of what you eat at first as well.

And, with time, you will find methods to eat almost any food. If you learn and plan.

According to a letter my doctor sent back, my sugar levels were at 145, which is supposed to be above normal. He recommends I come back in for an additional test, and that I eat nothing after dinner the night before. He “suspects” that my test will show my levels as normal the second time around. Now on the one hand, I had a large donut for breakfast that morning, so I wonder if that skewed the results.

Normal fasting blood glucose levels are in the 80-120 range. If you have FBG levels of 126 or higher, and you have no other diagnosis that can explain it, you have diabetes. (For instance, if you are in the middle of a bout of measles, the FBG gets blamed on the measles instead.)

On the other hand, I’m 32 years old and overweight, though not obese (5’6 at 170 lbs.) I’ve also noticed other symptoms, such as going to the bathroom frequently and increased thirst. I get tired easily, but then I don’t get a full 8 hours like I should. I’m also not very physically active, as I work behind a computer most of the time. I also used to suffer from panic attacks, but those are very infrequent now.

Obesity appears to be a result, not a cause, of Type 2 diabetes (the most common kind.)  You’ve noticed that you have a lot of other symptoms that diabetics have.

So until I take my second test and receive the results, I have only my own suspicions to work with. Do I have diabetes? Or is it likely that my follow-up test will be normal. And if it is diabetes, is it likely that a simple change in diet and exercise will be enough?

“Do I have diabetes” is actually two questions – do you have a metabolic problem, and is the metabolic problem causing excessive blood sugars. Even if you aren’t (yet) diagnosable as diabetic, you may well have the disorder, and it may be causing damage to your body. Doctors have noted diabetic retinopathy as much as seven years before blood sugars rose enough to diagnose diabetes per se.

A simple change in diet and exercise doesn’t cure diabetes. It doesn’t prevent diabetes, either. It *can* delay the diagnosis, and *may* delay any damage. (And if you delay the problems a hundred years, that should be good enough for anyone, eh? <grin)

Think of diabetes as a problem with your “fight or flight” mechanism. When you are under stress, your body dumps sugar into your blood, so your muscles are ready to act. If you are stuck behind that computer, you can’t burn off that sugar. Your body reacts to those unnecessarily high blood sugar levels by becoming less able to pull sugar into the cells that use it – and *that* is the core problem in Type 2 diabetes.

So think of your diabetes-prevention program as fighting stress. You don’t want to restrict your diet so much as expand it; you *need* a wide variety of different foods to provide all the nutrients your body requires. And exercise is a great way to fight stress. A little more muscle mass will make you heavier, but it’s healthier.

Exercise your brain, too. It’s the largest single item on your body’s energy budget. A few minutes playing a computer game doesn’t exactly erase hours of dealing with other software, but it does make a dent in your stress levels. Remember that coffee breaks were invented by an efficiency expert, in order to get more work from employees, so don’t skip them!

Make a point to get to bed a little earlier. And don’t sleep alone. (THAT is a great stress reliever, too.)

If you have a problem that would eventually lead to diabetes, doing this will probably delay the onset, and reduce the severity. If you don’t have a problem that would eventually lead to diabetes, doing this will probably only make you healthier in other ways, and a little happier – but that’s the risk you take, y’know?

WHAT IS DIABETES?

Diabetes is a group of disorders that have in common high blood glucose (sugar) levels. People with diabetes either do not make enough insulin or do not use it properly. Insulin is a hormone from the pancreas. (A hormone is a chemical that is made in one part of the body but has its effect in another part). Insulin has numerous functions related to the conversion of starches, proteins, and fats to energy.

Blood glucose levels PEOPLE WITH DIABETES EITHER DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH INSULIN OR DO NOT USE IT PROPERLY.

Blood glucose (sugar) levels vary throughout the day, rising after a meal and returning to normal after two to three hours. Normally, the fasting glucose level (10 hours after the last meal) should be below 110 mg/dL(USA) or 6.1 mmol/L (Canada). Both the fasting and after-meal glucose levels tend to rise as we age.

Main types of diabetes

Type 1 diabetes: This accounts for about 10% of all diabetes in the United States. Type 1 diabetes is one of several diseases (called autoimmune) in which the body destroys its own cells. In the case of type 1 diabetes, these are cells in the pancreas called beta-cells, which are located in the islets of the pancreas. Many patients with type 1 diabetes have other autoimmune diseases (such as those involving the thyroid and adrenal glands). After the beta cells are destroyed, no insulin is produced and blood glucose levels rise.

Furthermore, without insulin which allows glucose to be used as energy, the body is dependent on fat for energy. This causes a life-threatening condition called ketoacidosis. Prior to the discovery of insulin, patients died from this shortly after diagnosis. This rarely happens today. Although type 1 diabetes usually presents in children and adolescents, it can occur at any age.

TYPE 1 DIABETES ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 10% OF ALL DIABETES IN THE UNITED STATES.

Type 2 diabetes: There are two reasons why blood glucose levels rise with this disease. First, insulin is not used properly by the tissues that take glucose from the blood (especially the muscle and liver). In addition,
although the body still makes insulin, not enough insulin is produced. Indeed, over time the insulin deficiency seen with type 2 diabetes becomes quite profound and insulin injections are required to prevent severe elevations in blood glucose levels. Although type 2 diabetes usually presents in adults, it can present at any age. Indeed, there is currently a dramatic increase in this disease presenting in adolescents, thought in part to be due to the sedentary lifestyle and obesity developing in these young individuals. There is usually a family history of diabetes, and this disease is usually associated with obesity.

Gestational diabetes: This is when high blood glucose levels occur in the second half of pregnancy. About 5% of all pregnant women develop this. Therefore, it is recommended that women be screened for gestational diabetes with an oral glucose tolerance test at approximately their 24th week of their pregnancy. Untreated, this condition leads to large babies resulting in difficult and possibly dangerous births. Although this condition disappears after the pregnancy, women with gestational diabetes have a high risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

Risk factors for type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Although we don’t understand why most people get diabetes, there are some risks which increase the chance of developing diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes:

Family history: 10% of people with type 1 diabetes have a family history. If an identical twin has the disease, the risk of the other twin getting it is only 30-40%.

Type 2 diabetes:

Age: over 45 years in all adults
Ethnic groups: African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanics all have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes at ayounger age. Obesity and sedentary life style

Family history: If one identical twin develops type 2 diabetes, the risk of the other twin getting it is almost 100%.Women who have had gestational diabetes
Diagnosis

Type 1 diabetes:

The diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is usually straightforward. These people
are usually losing weight, have high blood glucose levels, and often have
ketones in their urine. ALTHOUGH WE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY MOST PEOPLE GET
DIABETES, THERE ARE SOME RISKS WHICH INCREASE THE CHANCE OF DEVELOPING
DIABETES.

Type 2 diabetes:

To diagnose type 2 diabetes, one needs to have either
Fasting glucose (overnight) above 126 mg/dL (USA) or 6.9 mmol/L (Canada)
Random glucose above 200 mg/dL (USA) or 11.1 mmol/L (Canada) with frequent urination and excessive thirst
An abnormal oral glucose tolerance test (blood is taken two hours after aglucose drink)
If one of these three criteria is found, one of them must be repeated to confirm the diagnosis. Usually, this would be the fasting blood glucose.
Screening

Type 1 diabetes:

There are currently no recommendations for general screening for type 1
diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes:

For type 2 diabetes, screening with a fasting blood glucose test is recommended for the following situations:

All adults over the age of 45 years; if normal, screening should be repeated in 3 years.

Screening should occur earlier and more frequently for: women with a history of gestational diabetes or having a baby weighing greater than 9 pounds ethnic groups with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics)

individuals with a family history of type 2 diabetes
individuals who are obese or have a sedentary lifestyle
individuals with hypertension or high triglyceride (blood fat) levels

Being diagnosed diabetic did not change your nutritional requirements. It just makes it harder to meet them. Always judge any proposed diet this way first. Diabetes treatment is the rest of your life, so your diet has to be good enough to go the distance.

The first thing is to look where you can easily eliminate carbohydrates, especially sugar. Things like going to only diet sodas…

An important part of diabetes treatment is exercise. Everyone says diet and exercise, but they are not separate. Your diet has to support your exercise. While exercise can use up BG (blood glucose), that’s not it’s most important use for Type 2 diabetics. Type 2 is what you probably have unless you were immediately put on insulin and the onset was sudden. Exercise for Type 2’s readjusts your metabolism and also lowers insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is really what’s wrong with you. That glucose in your blood is having trouble getting thru the cell walls. So, don’t forget exercise. And, exercise makes the necessary diet less severe.

The way my nutritionist went was to calculate a total calories for me and then alot those calories according to the norms of a healthy diet. Looking at my recommended diet and doing some calculator math, it looks like this was a diet who’s energy is distributed 52% Carbohydrate, 26% Fat, and 22% Protein. This sort of proportion is variable, but don’t stray too far.

There is no diabetes diet that fits all. Once you have decided on a description of your ideal diet, then you alot it across the day. More, smaller meals usually are better. Then the fun begins. You start eating according to this diet, and monitor your BG all thru the day and night. Spread the testing out, say 4-5 times a day at first. Watch how various foods and meals change BG. Make adjustments and continue to fine tune it until you get the best result consistant with good nutrition and what you can stand. That will be the diet that works for you.

Note that BG has a normal daily cycle. Learn what yours is, and work on that base, it’s a lot easier.

Note that diabetes tends to be a moving target, so continual testing and adjustment are the norm.

I know I did not give you a set of meals or any other sort of diet. This is really a matter to get out of your doctor and a nutritionist. At least get a total calorie recommendation, everything is based on that. It helps to get some sort of method of analizing your diet. Either computerized or a set of books of nutritional values. That way you can analize what you are given. Even the nutritionists, and more likely, the doctors can and will give you diets that are not balanced. So, look at what is given to you carefully. Helps to keep a diary of what you eat at first as well.

And, with time, you will find methods to eat almost any food. If you learn and plan.

A vaccine that could help wipe out Type 1 diabetes will be tested on patients next year.

Two teams of British scientists working on the vaccine said it halts the destruction of pancreas cells that produce insulin – the hormone needed to break down sugar in the body.

“It will be of help for people who have just been diagnosed [with Type 1 diabetes]. It might stop their insulin-producing cells from deteriorating further,” Dr. Colin Dayan, who’s spearheading the research, told the BBC.

“If it proves to be very safe, we would think about using it for people who are at high risk of developing Type 1 diabetes.”

Patients with Type 1 diabetes usually develop the condition before age 40 and must inject insulin every day to keep their blood sugar levels from becoming dangerously high. Worldwide, the disease affects 5 million people.

Although the exact cause of Type 1 is not known, the body’s defense system is thought to be involved — possibly waging an abnormal attack on its own cells.

The vaccine will be tested on 72 diabetic patients at King’s College London and Bristol University in England.

It contains a protein that promotes the production of protective immune cells to defend cells in the pancreas against attack.

The vaccine has been successfully tested in mice, although a human form could be five to 10 years from the market.

Apart from a vaccine, a number of other diabetes cures are now being studied, including the use of stem cells and organ transplants to restore insulin production.

Under the *worst* of circumstances, it results in death, or serious handicap, early in life, or in the prime of life, or prematurely in mid to late middle age.

Social security? Not much help for those who die an average of 15 years prematurely, before retirement age.

In any case, persons who have it must deal with it, and persons close to persons who have it have a variable by which they can either

1) decline to accept any responsibility, leaving  the type 1 victim on their own to deal with the
disease, a rather cold-hearted approach, but one which many adopt

2) accept a begrudging degree of responsibility dealing with the disease by guilt-tripping the
type 1 victim, berating and scolding them and harping at them to be diabetes-obsessed,
and making certain that the type 1 victim is made aware that any blood sugar level not
near normal is the type 1 victim’s fault

3) attempt to be one with the type 1 victim, being fully aware that perfection is, while a noble goal,
not a realistic one, and knowing that helping and empathizing with the type 1 victim, creating
bridges and understanding, treating them with respect and admiration, loving them, caring
about them, honoring their individual aspirations, that is the ideal by which the best can be made
out of a situation which, short of a cure, is some – what akin to a living nightmare

I’m 25 years old and i have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 6
months ago.Until recently i had been able to maintain my blood glucose
to acceptable levels with diet and sports.But since 2 months my blood
glucose is higher and i find it very difficult to maintain it at
acceptable levels even if i do alot more physical activites and eat
well. I wonder if it’s possible that i have type 1 diabetes instead ?
I know that peoples with type 1 diabetes don’t produce any insulin and
need insulin injections.But does that “stop” of insulin production
happen immediately or is it over time ? i mean does one day your body
produces insulin normally and the next morning you wake up and your
body dosen’t make any insulin , or is it slowly decreasing over time
(1 year for example) ? And if it’s slowly decreasing , how much time
does it take on average ?

It is entirely possible that you are an adult-onset T1.

Adult-onset T1 are thought to outnumber juvenile-onset T1 by perhaps as much
as 2:1

An adult-onset T1 honeymoon  (period in which insulin injections are usually
not absolutely necessary) varies in length from person to person.   In
general,  younger folk like you can expect to see “stuff happen” in 6 months
or so.  Old F*rts like me can drag it out for a couple of years.

In general, it’s a slow and steady decrease in insulin production..
However, since most of an Adult-onset T1’s beta cells have already been
destroyed by the time anybody notices he’s diabetic,   a little bit more
destruction can have a strong effect on blood sugars.

“Non-obese” and “well-exercised” are two very strong indicators of
adult-onset T1 in a newly diagnosed diabetic.   If you fit that description,
you must be aware of a special danger which folks like you face:

You must never allow the simultaneous presence of

a.  High blood sugars, over 200 mg/dL and
b.  Ketones in your urine.

That’s a sign of Diabetic Ketoacidosis, a serious, life-threatening
condition which afflicts adult-onset T1 at the end of their honeymoon if
they don’t switch to insulin soon enough.  The “cure” is immediate injection
of insulin.

DKA is always a problem for all T1 but if you know you are T1 and have
insulin in your possession, it’s easy to treat.

30,000 Americans are diagnosed with type 1 every year. Only 13,000 are children. Mary Tyler Moore is an example of one person who was diagnosed with “juvenile” diabetes as an adult at the age of 30. That is one reason juvenile diabetes is now called type 1, because of misconceptions like this.

Other people diagnosed as adults: former Miss America Nicole Johnson and Olympic swimmer Gary Hall, Jr. I could list many more…

Also, just because someone takes insulin does not mean they have type 1 diabetes. Type 1 is an auto-immune disease where the body’s immune system destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that make insulin.

Furthermore, with type 1 diabetes blood glucose fluctations are much different than with type 2 diabetes. Type 1 is much more labile than type 2 since you do not produce any insulin at all. Even with type 2, your body is still able to compensate for things like stress, illness, etc. With type 1 you can have blood glucose fluctuations as a result of stress, illness, hormones, fatigue, etc. etc.

My husband’s blood glucose increases when he gets overheated, stressed, or when he is sick. I’m talking fluctations up to 200, 300, etc. People with type 2 that have beta cell function do not have major fluctuations like this. Numbers like this are not because of something my husband has done “wrong”. My husband wears an insulin pump and checks his blood sugar about 10x a day. It is still totally impossible to duplicate the function of an organ that works so perfectly in a person who has functioning beta cells.

The following link is from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s web site. Note that it says type 1 happens in adults, also. And, that type 1 is more difficult to manage with fluctuations as a result of stress, hormonal changes, periods of growth, physical activity, medications, illness/infection, and fatigue.

http://www.jdrf.org/living_w_diabetes/type1facts.php