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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Mary Durbin, Ches. Bay Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:diabetes-talk@nfbnet.org">diabetes-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. Our Knowledge is Sweet seminar that is<br>sponsored by our Diabetes Action Network will be held on Friday, April 26,<br>and Saturday, April 27, 2024. We'll be meeting at the Hilton St. Louis<br>Airport located at 10330 Natural Bridge Rd, St. Louis, MO 63134. The cost of<br>a room is $111 a night, and when you book, the room block is under the name<br>National Federation of the Blind. To reach the hotel, call 314-426-5500. We<br>tried it, it works, and registering only begins the fun.<br><br><br><br>The board is working on the agenda, and we are trying to get doctors,<br>dietitians, drug manufacturers, and the people who make devices we use in<br>administering those drugs and in checking our blood sugar. We already have<br>one of our keynote speakers, Gary Taubes. For those of you who may not know<br>him, he is a journalist who looked into the science of obesity and the<br>diseases it makes us susceptible to getting. Conclusions he draws from often<br>overlooked scientists are: <br><br>* Obesity is not an issue of those who have willpower and those who<br>don't<br>* Weight maintenance, weight loss, and weight gain is not nearly as<br>simple as calories in vs calories out<br>* The idea that eating fat will make you fat seems to have a ring of<br>truth about it, but the supposition is not supported by studies and the way<br>we digest and use food for energy<br>* A calorie is a calorie is much too simplistic when it comes to food<br>* The prescription to eat low-fat high-carbohydrate foods provably<br>does not work for most people<br>* We eat much too much sugar, and this excess is responsible for many<br>of the problems we have-problems which were once called the King's Diseases<br>because only people of wealth could afford sugar in significant amounts<br>* Science tries to be driven by facts, but even it falls prey to<br>inertia. Popular opinions get published; unpopular ones too often must look<br>to places other than scientific journals for real airing and discussion<br><br><br><br>The purpose of our seminar is to promote thought and discussion; it is not<br>to endorse or debunk any point of view, because we do not consider ourselves<br>experts on nutrition, exercise, or even diabetes. Our goal is to share, to<br>learn, and to give people tools that they are free to use or not. Our<br>mission is to send one message clearly and concisely: In your blindness and<br>diabetes, you are not alone. We will share our stories with the hope that<br>they will add to the independence and freedom all of us want.<br><br><br><br>Please register with the hotel as soon as you can. We will soon have a form<br>for you to register for the seminar. The cost will be $99, and this fee will<br>entitle you to four plated meals and all presentations.<br><br><br><br>For more information, write to me at <a href="mailto:debbiewunder@charter.net">debbiewunder@charter.net</a><br><<a href="mailto:debbiewunder@charter.net">mailto:debbiewunder@charter.net</a>> . You may also call or text me at<br>573-268-6989. I am excited, and I hope you are as well. I don't enjoy the<br>disease we share, but I love the work we can do to help blind people learn<br>to live and thrive with it.<br><br><br><br>In hopes of hearing from you soon,<br><br><br><br>Debbie Wunder, President<br><br>Diabetes Action Network<br><br>National Federation of the Blind<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peace,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jacki Bruce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Corresponding Secretary NFBV<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jackibruce6@gmail.com">mailto:jackibruce6@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="tel:(757)291-1789">tel:(757)291-1789</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Find us on Facebook @NationalFederationoftheBlindofVirginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Find us on Instragram @nfbofvirginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subscribe to our Youtube: NFB Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbv.org">www.nfbv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>STRONGER TOGETHER!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>