Your Guide to Everything Diabetes
Joslin Diabetes Center's staff of physicians, nurses, nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and educators have a great deal of information about diabetes to share with you. You can access information on numerous topics such as Managing Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Exercise and Wellness.
The Diabetes Learning Center
In the Diabetes Learning Center you will find information on diabetes and nutrition, diabetes and physical activity, how to treat a low blood glucose or care for your diabetes when you are ill, how to avoid the complications of diabetes and numerous other topics about how you can better care for and manage your diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes
In type 1 diabetes the body completely stops or is making very little insulin. People with type 1 diabetes must take daily insulin injections (or use an insulin pump) to survive.
What is Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes
In type 2 diabetes the body produces insulin, but the cells don’t respond to insulin the way they should. This is called insulin resistance.