[NFBofSC] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Blindness Diabetes Seminar

[Steve Cook]

Steve Cook

You are invited to join us on the 1st and 2nd Friday of each month at 8:00
PM Eastern for audio described movies using the below Zoom platform! 

 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09>
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09

Meeting ID: 803 254 3777

Passcode: 124578

 

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Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Blindness Diabetes Seminar

 


We know that diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in the United
States, and we know that without the proper intervention, many people will
see this as something they cannot manage on their own. Although there are
real problems with the medical technology that is not accessible to us,
blind diabetics can and do live independently, and communicating this
message and the work that remains to be done is the reason we are holding
the knowledge is Sweet seminar.

 

Our seminar, sponsored by our Diabetes Action Network, will be held on
Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, 2024. We'll be meeting at the
Hilton St. Louis Airport located at 10330 Natural Bridge Rd, St. Louis, MO
63134. The cost of a room is $111 a night, and when you book, the room block
is under the name National Federation of the Blind. To reach the hotel call
314-426-5500. We tried it, it works, and registering only begins the fun.

 

The board is working on the agenda, and we are trying to get doctors,
dietitians, drug manufacturers, and the people who make devices we use in
administering those drugs and in checking our blood sugar. We already have
one of our keynote speakers, Gary Taubes. For those of you who may not know
him, he is a journalist who looked into the science of obesity and the
diseases it makes us susceptible to getting. Conclusions he draws from often
overlooked scientists are: 

.           Obesity is not an issue of those who have willpower and those
who don't

.           The assertion that weight maintenance, weight loss, and weight
gain is not nearly as simple as calories in vs calories out

.           The idea that eating fat will make you fat seems to have a ring
of truth about it, but the supposition is not supported by studies and the
way we digest and use food for energy

.           A calorie is a calorie is much too simplistic when it comes to
food

.           The prescription to eat low-fat high-carbohydrate foods provably
does not work for most people

.           We eat much too much sugar, and this excess is responsible for
many of the problems we have-problems which were once called the King's
Disease because only people of wealth could afford sugar in significant
amounts

.           Science tries to be driven by facts, but even it falls prey to
inertia. Popular opinions get published; unpopular ones must look to places
other than scientific journals for real airing and discussion

 

The purpose of our seminar is to promote thought and discussion; it is not
to endorse or debunk any point of view, because we do not consider ourselves
experts on nutrition, exercise, or even diabetes. Our goal is to share, to
learn, and to give people tools that they are free to use or not. Our
mission is to send one message clearly and concisely: In your blindness and
diabetes, you are not alone. We will share our stories with the hope that
they will add to the independence and freedom all of us want.

 

Please register with the hotel as soon as you can. For a copy of the
Knowledge is Sweet Registration form, write to Debbie Wunder,
debbiewunder at charter.net <mailto:debbiewunder at charter.net> . Alternatively,
text or call me at 573-268-6989. The cost will be $99, and this fee will
entitle you to four plated meals and all presentations.

 

I am excited, and I hope you are as well. I don't enjoy the disease we
share, but I love the work we can do to help blind people learn to live and
thrive with it.

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