Diabetes

Welcome! This page is regularly updated with a host of varied resources approved by BVCN clinicians. From local diabetes education classes to web-based education sources, and from your patient stories to your personal recommendations on living with diabetes.

We welcome all patients who are looking for resources concerning diabetes education.

Click here to access the BVCN Diabetes Resource List, Spring 2012 Edition.

Click here to read a patient story.

Click here to check out this free Diabetes Management Program!

The BVCN providers want to give you all the tools and resources you need to reach your health-related goals. We’ve compiled a list of resources below that we hope you will find useful in your efforts to manage your diabetes.

General Diabetes Information & Education:

1. National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) 

2. American Diabetes Association (ADA)
3. National Diabetes Information Clearing House (NDIC)
4. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
5. Diabetes Monitor
6. American Heart Association: Diabetes
7. dLife

Menus, Recipes, Nutrition

1. Diabetic Gourmet
2. American Diabetes Association (ADA): Recipes
3. American Diabetes Association (ADA): Cookbooks
4. Diabetes Monitor: Diet Tips
5. National Diabetes Information Clearing House (NDIC): Eating and Diabetes 
6. dLife: Food & Fitness

Exercise

1. American Diabetes Association: Fitness
2. National Diabetes Information Clearing House (NDIC): Physical Activity and Diabetes
3. Diabetes Monitor: Exercise Tips
4. Insulindependence

News/Research

1. American Diabetes Association (ADA): News & Research
2. National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK): Diabetes Research
3. Diabetes Monitor: News

Free Tools & Apps

1. National Diabetes Information Clearing House (NDIC): Meal Planner
2. American Diabetes Association (ADA): My Food Advisor
3. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion: MyPyramid Tracker

In addition to these helpful links, the BVCN encourages you to form a health care team made up of your local health professionals: your primary care physician or endocrinologist; a certified diabetes educator; a registered dietician and perhaps a personal trainer or exercise physiologist. This team is designed to serve as a network of support, providing you with the care you need. It is important that your health care team includes a primary care physician. If you do not have a physician, please refer to our Provider Directory  to view a list of local primary care physicians in the BVCN.

Boulder Valley School District and Longmont United Hospital employees and family members with diabetes also have an additional benefit available to them through the Nurse Care Coordinator. She is available to help you compile your health care team and navigate through the numerous resources that are available to you in our region.