History of Changes.

March 2007

• Bristol Meetings 2007: Filton and Whitchurch. With the first recipient of an Islet Cell transplant, Professor Edwin Gale - head of clinical science North Bristol and ...
• Breakfast Cereal, high in carbohydrate but there are healthy options and you can add foods to both sweeten and slow the cereals conversion to blood sugar.

February 2007

• Complications: Coronary Heart Disease - "good" and "bad" cholesterol, tryglicerides, targets and ways to reduce cholesterol.

January 2007

• Updated Links: Audio/Video links, with new BBC, Google and Yahoo searches available.

September 2006

• Salt and Sodium: whats the difference? Effects on blood pressure, how to reduce salt in the diet, advisory daily limits and foods that are high in salt.

July 2006

• Accessibility Tool (external link): Google Accessible. Very clutter free search engine that also ranks accessible sites higher.
• Early ACTID Study: Diet and exercise study in SW England by Bristol University. Study with specialist help on diet and exercise for recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetics. In my (non medical) opinion anyone joining this could get real benefit even from the study.
• Keyboard Access to the control panel amended, more detail added. Keyboard shortcuts can be the quickest way to access the control panel.

June 2006

• BBC News: Call to scrap diabetes treat food. I hope this succeeds, if you use special "diabetic food" read this.
• bristoljpg.co.uk: Bristol jpg, moved all large photos from 2003 onwards to an external site. The photo shown is of Clifton Bridge from Leigh Woods.

May 2006

• Home Page: Getting Involved new section added.
• Simplified the Diabetes and the Glycemic Index page and all the named foods pages to show the speed of conversion to blood sugar. Conversion now shown as Quick, Medium or Slow. Additional sections also added.

April 2006

• Audio Links Page. Links to news, stories and information on diabetes in an audio format. If you wonder how people coped in the past see the Diabetes Stories site. Note that you may need extra software on your computer to hear the clips.

March 2006

• YTREWQ Accessibility changes to keyboard shortcuts, now conforming to Government standards, so: -
  • Alt+0 for the access page.
  • Alt+1 for the home page.
  These are two key combinations, press Alt and then 0 for instance. Some browsers also need the enter key pressed.
• All diabetic's struggle at times to keep blood sugar levels under control. There is no magic cure all here but maybe a few tips you hadn't heard of on the: Tips to Improve Blood Sugar Control page.

February 2006

• Breads that are almost 20% fat (high in calories) and over 9% saturated fat, yes there are some! Breads high in fat.

January 2006

• 2006 Bristol Meetings and Events; at Filton, Knowle West and Whitchurch.
• The Glycemic Index: How quickly your body converts different foods to blood sugar. New sections added.

December 2005

• A two mile circular walk around Bristol Docks. 4 pages of photos and directions.
• Specialist Site Search: Combined search option added of all specialist UK sites.

November 2005

• From the mp3 audio samples page. Microsoft Mary reads Thomas Hood's November in a 21 second audio clip 149Kb. The clip captures the worst of a British November rather well!
  You will need a MP3 player to hear the audio clip, dial-up users will have something like a 30 to 40 second delay while its loading.

October 2005

• Stem Cell Research. Lots of progress but a few words of caution too.
• Several new sites of interest added to the local walks page. Bristol City Councils: Exploring the countryside page, 30 local walks with an attractive and informative page on each walk. Its well worth a look.
• Portishead Marina and Eastwood Nature Reserve Walk. Walk in North Somerset from the new Marina, then along the coast and the Eastwood Nature Reserve.

September 2005

• Diet Basics. New to Diabetes? Then the diet basics page is a good place to start. From general guidelines on what to eat, to eating fast food and McDonalds reply to the film 'Super Size Me'.

August 2005

• Diabetes and your Money its not all extra costs. If you are pre retirement age and have any money in a pension fund it could be worth finding out more.
• How to Set-up a Web Site, a work shop for the Royal College of Nurses Diabetes Forum on 'Getting the Message Across'.

July 2005

• Satellite Photos of Bristol North America. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in Canada. Alaska to Wisconsin in the USA.

June 2005

• Exercise Opportunities. A lifestyle change that involves regular exercise in your routine. You start getting benefits from as little as 10 minutes continuous walking a day.

May 2005

• Accessibility: Screen Magnification. Simple instructions on how to add a magnify function to your sites web pages.
• 2005 Photo's page. Millennium Square in Bristol.
• Green Vegetables and Salad Vegetables. Eaten with a meal (or snack) can help with blood sugar level control, as well as helping you with your 'Five a Day'!
• Bristol Contacts Page. Contact information and links for the diabetes support groups in Bristol.