There is a plethora of diabetes websites offering a variety of information on the subject of all types of diabetes. In the age of the blog and other forms of internet communication the information available is not always reliable. Many blogs have the best intentions, often providing personal and relatable accounts of their experience with diabetes, offering tips and posing questions to their peers. Other websites for diabetes are not so genuine, sometimes giving contradictory information about medical research, practice, and guidelines. These sites can be opinion based and read similarly to op-ed articles. When searching the web for websites about diabetes it is advisable to keep a fair amount of skepticism. While the major diabetes, health, and government agencies provide accurate and up-to-date information, smaller sites may not have the same capacity and are not held to the same factual standards. The advantage of diabetes websites is that they …