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Resources

A curated list of websites, books, communities, and other helpful tools for type 2 diabetics.

These are my top resources. Even if you don't use anything else, I strongly recommend checking these out.

Link Description
NHS - What is type 2 diabetes? The NHS guide to type 2 diabetes.
The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: A Patient-Expert Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, by Gretchen Becker This book is relatively old (published 2004), and sometimes shows its age, particularly when it treats the internet as a novelty. However, it is still the single best resource I've found so far. It combines compassion, practicality, and a lot of information.
Life Without Diabetes: The definitive guide to understanding and reversing your Type 2 diabetes, by Professor Roy Taylor A book explaining the latest science on the cause of type 2 diabetes, and an approach that may send it in to remission for many. Ignore the slightly sales-y title; the science is fascinating.

Very low calorie diets

Link Description
Life Without Diabetes: The definitive guide to understanding and reversing your Type 2 diabetes, by Professor Roy Taylor A book explaining the latest science on the cause of type 2 diabetes, and an approach that may send it in to remission for many.
Your Simple Guide to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: The 3-step plan to transform your health, by Professor Roy Taylor A simplified and much-reduced version of Life Without Diabetes. Handy if you just want a brief introduction and guidance on the diet. I'd recommend Life Without Diabetes if you really want to learn about the research behind the diet.
Reversing the irreversible: Type 2 diabetes and you Recording of a lecture by Professor Roy Taylor. Similar (but obviously reduced) content to Life Without Diabetes.
Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre - Reversing Type 2 Diabetes and ongoing remission A fantastic collection of resources, from brief intros and diet guides, to full scientific papers.

Very low carb diets

Link Description
r/keto FAQ A detailed community-created guide to keto.
[Virta Health Reversing Type 2 Diabetes](https://www.virtahealth.com/reversediabetes)
Downsizing: How I lost 8 stone, reversed my diabetes and regained my health Tom Watson

General information (websites)

Link Description
NHS - What is type 2 diabetes? The NHS guide to type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes UK A UK-focused resource for all types of diabetes. Includes learning resources, a community, and a shop.
American Diabetes Association A USA-focused diabetes resource, including a community network, advocacy work, and research.

Online communities

Link Description
Diabetes UK community forum The Diabetes UK community forum. Large and active community.
r/keto The largest keto subreddit.

Diet (websites)

Link Description
r/keto FAQ A detailed community-created guide to keto.
Diabetes Food Hub Created by the American Diabetes Association, this site provides recipes and a meal planner.
Are all polyols zero carb? Very useful info on different polyols (frequently used as low carb sweetener), and how low carb they actually are
Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre - Reversing Type 2 Diabetes and ongoing remission A fantastic collection of resources, from brief intros and diet guides, to full scientific papers.
Open University - The science of nutrition and healthy eating A free course to help understand nutrition.

Calculators and conversion charts (websites)

Confused about mmol/L, mmol/mol, %, and what are the Americans even talking about? These may help.

Link Description
DiabetesChart - mmol/mol to mmol/L UK metrics. This is useful if you want to see what your likely HbA1C will be, based on your fingerprick tests. Don't expect this to be precise: fingerprick tests have a fairly wide accuracy range.
Diabetes UK - % to mmol/mol Convert between USA and UK HbA1C test results.
Diabetes.co.uk - mg/dL to mmol/L Convert between USA and UK fingerprick test results.
Omni calculator - Health Scroll down to the diabetes section for a range of calculators.

Books

Title Author Description
The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: A Patient-Expert Guide for the Newly Diagnosed Gretchen Becker This book is relatively old (published 2004), and sometimes shows its age, particularly when it treats the internet as a novelty. However, it is still the single best resource I've found so far. It combines compassion, practicality, and a lot of information.
Carbs & Cals: Carb & Calorie Counter Chris Cheyette and Yello Balolia Carbs & Cals do a series of a books with nutritional information and recipes. The "Counter" book contains an introduction to nutrition, and hundreds of different foods, with their nutritional information set out. It's a really helpful book if you're unsure which foods are carb-heavy, or want to learn to judge approximate carb content visually.
Downsizing: How I lost 8 stone, reversed my diabetes and regained my health Tom Watson Tom Watson, former MP, describes his struggle with type 2 diabetes and his weight. He's strongly in favour of keto. It's not the most well written, but it's an easy read, and it may be helpful to read about an actual human experience of diabetes.
Life Without Diabetes: The definitive guide to understanding and reversing your Type 2 diabetes Professor Roy Taylor A book explaining the latest science on the cause of type 2 diabetes, and an approach that may send it in to remission for many.
Your Simple Guide to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: The 3-step plan to transform your health Professor Roy Taylor A simplified and much-reduced version of Life Without Diabetes. Handy if you just want a brief introduction and guidance on the diet. I'd recommend Life Without Diabetes if you really want to learn about the research behind the diet.

Videos

Link Description
Reversing the irreversible: Type 2 diabetes and you Recording of a lecture by Professor Roy Taylor. Similar (but obviously reduced) content to Life Without Diabetes.
Summary on why type 2 diabetes is potentially reversible A five minute video by Professor Roy Taylor.