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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Books and Links

Get ready for information overload.

Books

The books below are well worth reading. I benefited most from Gretchen Becker's book, and Bernstein also has a wealth of good ideas although his dietary ideas may be a little strict for some. It's a smorgasbord - I take what works for me, and leave what doesn't suit me. Jenny Ruhl has just published hers; it is very readable and has a wealth of useful and practical information well supported by scientific cites.

Available from your library, good bookstore or Amazon. No - I don't get a commission.

The First Year, Type 2 Diabetes, An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed. Author: Gretchen Becker. ISBN 1-56924-646-0 (buy on Amazon)

Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, Revised and Updated, by Richard K, Bernstein, M.D.,ISBN 0-316-09906-6. (buy on Amazon)

Blood Sugar 101, What They Don't Tell you about Diabetes, by Jenny Ruhl, ISBN-13: 978-0-9647116-1-7. (buy on Amazon)


Magazines and Cook Books
All the magazines I've read on diabetes were only suitable for one thing - and they were too glossy to even be much use for that. The same applies to all "Diabetes Recipes" books and magazines. If you need a recipe book, look for a low-carb recipe book, not a diabetes one.


Links

I've listed some links below, but by far the most important one is Jennifer's Advice to The Newly Diagnosed. These are all links to that:



This is not an exhaustive list, but some, like Mendosa, have links to many others. Those which require registration have never sent me a spam or promotion.

A.S.D. home page
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/index.php

General Diabetes Information:

The misc.health.diabetes FAQs
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/diabetes/

David Mendosa
http://www.mendosa.com/

Jenny Ruhl
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes

Diabetic Talk Site Map (excellent resources pages)
http://web.archive.org/web/20071229131928/www.diabetic-talk.org/sitemap.htm

Joslin
http://joslin.org/

The AACE
http://www.aace.com/index.php

The ADA
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

Diabetes Australia
http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/en/

Diabetes UK
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/home.htm

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/

UK Prospective Diabetes Study (Type 2)
http://www.dtu.ox.ac.uk/index.php

Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) (Type 1)
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/control/

Medical Research Search Engines:

Highwire
http://highwire.stanford.edu/

Medscape (registration required)
http://www.medscape.com/medscapetoday

Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search

Discussion Groups

YahooDiabetes World
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetesworld/

The ADA Forums and Message Boards
http://connect.diabetes.org/forums/default.aspx

Diabetes Support Forum UK
http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/


I attempt to keep them current - please let me know if any links have changed.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Alan,
I appreciate all your experience, strength and hope about diabetes and all the information you share!
Hugs,
Kris (from Diabetes Newsgroup)

Anonymous said...

I discovered that a lot of Dr Bernstein's book is available online at:

http://www.diabetes-book.com/index.shtml

Since his work is the basis of a lot of the low carb approach to diabetes management, I thought people might be interested in checking it out.

Jill
T2
Perth, Western Australia