Useful Aids for People with Diabetes

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This blog is not your typical blog, butI hope it will help many people. I decided to do this as I have aidshere, there, and elsewhere and I was trying to pull them into onesource to find them easier. Even I would be better served if I wouldbookmark some of them.
http://labtestsonline.org/ I have used this one for many blogs and like the information. Ihave used only a small portion of this site, the parts related todiabetes. This site has a lot to explore and does take some time tobe comfortable using it, but at the same time does have a logicalorder. You do need to visit the site regularly as there is often newarticles and some changes as material is updated for new information. I try to visit biweekly.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ This University of Maryland website is one of my goto sites forinformation on herbs and supplements. I also use the symptoms areafor research.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/ This Oregon State University website is another site that I valuehighly for information on vitamins and minerals and some othersupplements.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ Medline is a great site for health topics, drugs and supplements,and videos and cool tools. This site has been useful for me when Iam doing research. Take time to explore the site and see if it willbe useful for you.
http://www.saymmm.com/http://www.saymmm.com/grocerylistmaker.phphttp://blog.saymmm.com/post/11697370225/get-nutritional-information-for-any-recipeTake time to explore this site todetermine if you wish to join. There is no fee, and I find the sitevery useful, especially for recipes that otherwise would have nonutritional information. I don't use the shopping list, but that isjust me. I do have a scale that I can use which really helps whendoing my own recipes for which I do not have written records.
http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/ideal-body-weight-3146-143.html This is the first site that I have found useful and that allows fordifferent body types, small, medium, and large frame.
http://professional.diabetes.org/glucosecalculator.aspx This is a handy calculator for converting an A1c value into anestimated blood glucose reading or an estimated blood glucose readingto an A1c value. This can be done for mg/dl or mmol/L. So if youare a person that thinks your blood glucose readings are moreaccurate that the A1c, then use your average figure and compare thisto the actual A1c. I have used this in some heated discussions toshow people that their averages will seldom arrive at the A1c value.
http://www.globalrph.com/conv_si.htm#top This is a often used table of conversion values for converting fromUSA units to units used by the rest of the world and the reverse.
http://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactionchecker This is a drug interaction checker. I seldom use this, but do whenWebMD does not list the drug or lists no drug interactions.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/medicines_ez/index.aspx This is my goto source for all diabetes medications. The top isgenerally where I go when looking up oral medications or insulins. Down the page is other useful information. I urge people to bookmarkthis for future reference.
http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ This is just one of the Body mass index (BMI) calculators availableon the internet. I do not like calculating this, but occasionally Ihave needed to.
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php This site has several calculators, BMI, Estimate your Basal (BMR)and Resting Metabolic Rates (RMR), and how many calories you burn ina day based on a general activity level. It also has an activitycalculator.
http://dwjay.tripod.com/conversion.html I admit that I seldom use this calculator, but I have on occasion.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR15/sr15.html This is an outdated nutritional database, but I mention it forhistorical value as some food nutrition calculators do use this eventhough it has been superseded by this USDA websitehttp://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-35-45-00 For this site I have taken you to the home page so that you may seeother possible features you may wish to explore.
http://www.soc-bdr.org/rds/authors/unit_tables_conversions_and_genetic_dictionaries/e5184/index_en.html This is another glucose conversion table for converting valuesfrom USA to the rest of the world and the reverse. (mg/dl tommol/L)
http://en.mte.cz/conversion.php And another glucose converter.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health –this is one site I use when I am looking for information and havesome of it and I come here looking for possible full text versions. I don't always find what I am looking for, but occasionally I hit thejackpot.
http://www.glycemicindex.com/ I use this site for glycemic index (GI) calculator and glycemicload (GL) calculator. This is primarily for when I cannot find whatI want in published tables.
I would appreciate additions to thisand would gather them for another blog. All help is greatlyappreciated.