Diabetes Toolbox
 

Tools to help you work with you work with your health care team and manage your diabetes day-to-day.

Self Management

Learning the Basics About Diabetes

• Your Guide to Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 
• Spanish Version: Your Guide to Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 
• Facts About Type 1 Diabetes (American Diabetes Association) 
• Facts About Type 2 Diabetes (American Diabetes Association) 
• Four Steps to Controlling Your Diabetes for Life (.pdf) 
• If You Have Diabetes, Know Your Blood Sugar Numbers 
• Living With Diabetes: Blood Glucose Control 
• Living With Diabetes: How Medications Work 
• Medicines for People with Diabetes Planning Forms 
• Dictionary for Understanding Diabetes-Related Terms 

Working with Your Diabetes Care Team

• Your Health Care Team 
• American Diabetes Association's Education Recognition Program Directory 

• Planning for a Healthy Life (.pdf) 
• Diabetes and Mental Health 
• A Guide to Eating and Diabetes 
• MyFoodAdvisisor (carbohydrate counting tool) 
• Diabetes and Fitness 
• Meal Planning using Carbohydrate Counting 
• Diabetes: Heart Disease and Stroke 

Understanding Long-Term Complications

• Complications 

Treatment Options

Information about modifying lifestyle and behaviors, managing diabetes with medications as well as using complementary medicines and alternative therapies.

Recommended Activities:

Modifying Lifestyle and Behaviors

• A Guide to Changing Habits (.pdf) 

Managing Diabetes with Pharmaceuticals or Medications 

• Oral Medicine or Pills Used to Treat Diabetes 
• Alternative Devices for Taking Insulin 
• Medicines for People with Diabetes 
• Spanish Version: Medicines for People with Diabetes 
• Diabetes Self-Management Tools and Resources 
• Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for Diabetes