Diabetes

Diabetes is a serious condition for which excellent medicines are available. More important than medicines, however, are the lifestyle modifications that can reverse the risk factors for diabetes and even make medicines unnecessary. The best websites for information on diabetes are the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) site and the NIH site. On these sites is information about every aspect of diabetes. Every question you have will be addressed during a careful review of the information on these sites:

http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp (Homepage of the American Diabetes Association)

http://www.betterdiabetescare.nih.gov/ (National Institute of Health)

http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-and-recipes/nutrition/overview.jsp (ADA dietary guidelines - a very important source of new information or a review of old information. Remember, the ADA diet is considered to be the first step in the management of every patient with diabetes. Don't count only on our fancy medicines to control your diabetes.)

http://www.diabetes.org/weightloss-and-exercise.jsp (ADA weight loss and exercise recommendations)

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-prevention.jsp (Preventing diabetes - useful if you have a family history or have "prediabetes", impaired fasting glucose or insulin resistance.)