#myEHCS: The Importance of Blood Glucose Testing

and The Benefits of Working with Edwards Health Care Services

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Jonathan Jarashow in Edwards Health Care Services, Spotlight Articles, Twitter Chat Events

Event Details

Where	http://twubs.com/myEHCS
What	#myEHCS Tweet Chat: The Importance of Blood Glucose Testing, and the Benefits of Working with Edwards Health Care Services
When	Thursday, December 10 2015, 8-9 PM ET, 7-8pm CT, 6-7pm MT, 5-6pm PT
Hosts	DiabetesInfluencers.com (@DiabetesINFL) and Edward Healthcare Services (@myEHCS)
Co-Hosts	Jill Weisenberger MS, RDN, CDE, FAND Nutrition, Culinary & Diabetes Expert, Freelance Writer, Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator http://www.jillweisenberger.com/ @NutritionJill Mary Ann Hodorowicz RD, LDN, MBA, CDE, CEC Certified Endocrinology Coder, consultant, speaker, writer and trainer for the health, food and pharmaceutical industries in diabetes, nutrition, wellness and insurance reimbursement. http://www.maryannhodorowicz.com/ @MAHodorowicz Melissa Herrmann Dierks RDN, LDN, CDE Owner, Supermarket Savvy (www.supermarketsavvy.com) @SUPERMRKTSAVVY Katie Ferraro, MPH, RD, CDE Nationally-recognized registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and author with an expertise in nutrition communications and curriculum development. http://www.fiberisthefuture.com/ @FiberFriendly Debi Zvi, MSEd, RDN, CDN, CDE Nutrition and Wellness Counselor, expert in Diabetes and Binge Eating Disorder nutrition, Consultant, Speaker, Sustainability and Local Food activist. @DebiZvi Yolanda Duncan, MS BSN CDE RN Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator providing comprehensive Diabetes Self-Management Education and survival skills to inpatients and outpatients. @Yoli1908 Patti Frisco, RN, BSN, CDE Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator expert in health and wellness and community resource management. Consultant, speaker and trainer in diabetes self management. @PFrisco1 Anna Norton, MS, CEO – Diabetes Sisters Anna Norton, MS, has been living with type 1 diabetes since August 1993. As the CEO of DiabetesSisters, she is dedicated to improving the lives of women living with diabetes through peer support and education. @thesnowapewife Cheryl Orlansky, RDN, LD, CDE Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, Expertise in Diabetes, weight management and gastrointestinal disorders, Local Food advocate. @corlansky Beverly S. Adler, PhD, CDE Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Certified Diabetes Educator, Author and Speaker http://www.askdrbev.com/ @AskDrBev Becky Sulik, RDN, LD, CDE Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Educator, diabetes education program director, diabetes device trainer, nutrition counselor for eating disorders, consultant for pharmaceutical and medical device companies. @beckysulik Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RDN Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RDN is a nutrition communications specialist, registered dietitian in private practice, social media consultant, speaker, spokesperson and corporate consultant. @laurenpincusrd Tammy Shifflett, RN, BSN, CDE, CPT Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator, Certified Insulin Pump Trainer. Tammy provides health and wellness coaching, diabetes self-management education and intensive blood glucose management education. @tamshifflett Nicole M. Bereolos, PhD, MPH, CPH, CDE Clinical psychologist, public health specialist, certified diabetes educator, person with Type 1 diabetes since 1992, focuses on people living with a chronic condition, speaker @DrNBereolos Katherine Isacks, MPS, RDN, CDE Registered dietitian nutritionist and certified diabetes educator committed to helping individuals manage their diabetes and weight. I’m also an expert in food and diabetes tracking apps. @BrilliantEating Lyssie Lakatos, RDN, CFT and Tammy Lakatos Shames, RDN, CFT Nationally-recognized Registered Dietitians, Certified Personal Trainers and Wellness Coaches, Freelance Writers, Consultants, Spokespeople, Speakers. http://www.NutritionTwins.com @NutritionTwins Kristin Kirkpatrick Cleveland Clinic nutrition expert & Dr. Oz Show Advisory Board member, HuffPo Blogger. Bringing the basics back to food! @KristinKirkpat Farhad Zangeneh, MD Consultant in Endocrinology, Medical Director, CMO of Endocrine, Diabetes & Osteoporosis Clinic (EDOC), Member of AACE Board of Directors, Course Co-Director of ACE Cleveland Clinic Endocrinology Board Review @FZangenehMD Chris Stocker Engaged patient with type 1 diabetes. Author. Diabetes Advocate. Entrepreneur. Chris writes at The Life of a Diabetic. http://thelifeofadiabetic.com @lifeofadiabetic Esti Berkowitz Wife, mother, blogger @primetimeparent Beth Warren, MS, RDN, CDN Beth Warren is a registered dietitian, certified dietitian-nutritionist, and author of the book Living a Real Life with Real Food: How to Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Stay Energized—the Kosher Way (Skyhorse 2014). She has a private practice, Beth Warren Nutrition, in Brooklyn, NY and NYC. @bethwarrenrd Lisa Thomas RD, LDN, CDE Registered Dietitian & Nutritionist (Day to Day Nutrition, LLC), Certified Diabetes Educator, Certified Insulin Pump Trainer and Glucose Sensor Trainer, Speaker, Writer, Consultant @lisathomasrd Sarah Kwon Pharm.D, CDE, AD-E Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Diabetes Management. Certified Diabetes Educator, Certified Asthma Educator. Has established chronic disease management clinics such as multidisciplinary Diabetes Management Clinic, Asthma, Cholesterol Management Clinic. @sarahkwonpharmd
Sponsor	LifeScan the makers of OneTouch® blood glucose meters.
Why	Diabetes Influencers (@DiabetesINFL) and Edwards Health Care Services (@myEHCS) invite you to join our experts as we discuss the importance of blood glucose testing, and the benefits of working with Edwards Health Care Services to get OneTouch® products. How To Join The Diabetes Chat? Twitter Users You can join and follow the chat by visiting http://www.twubs.com/myehcs or www.twitter.com and entering #myEHCS in the search field. You may also follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/diabetesinfl Facebook Users: You can post your questions on our Facebook page at www.22s.com/022gpi Google Plus users: We will also be hosting a Google Hangout for this chat. You can watch the diabetes chat live on our Google Plus page here http://bit.ly/1M2RNPL Youtube users: The chat will also be broadcast live on Youtube. You can watch it live on the following page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5l7gB11_o

#myEHCS

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Constance Brown-Riggs, MSEd, RD, CDE, CDN—an award-winning RD, certified diabetes educator, and past national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is the author of The African American Guide to Living Well With Diabetes, which received the Favorably Reviewed designation from the American Association of Diabetes Educators, and Eating Soulfully and Healthfully with Diabetes.

Dr. Lori Shemek, PhD, CNC, CLC, the best-selling author of “Fire-Up Your Fat Burn! and leading health and weight loss expert, is also known as “The Inflammation Terminator.” She has made it her mission to educate the public on the toxic effects of certain foods and lifestyle choices and how they create inflammation in the body. She is a leading authority on inflammation and its role in weight loss, preventing disease and optimizing health.

Rebecca Bitzer – MS, RD/LD, CEDRD is an award-winning Registered Dietitian, writer, speaker, blogger, and REBEL Dietitian business owner. Rebecca and her team of six Registered Dietitians have counseled thousands of clients struggling with diabetes for over twenty-five years. They work closely with each other along with internists, endocrinologists, therapists, and families.

Maureen Sullivan – RN, CDE has worked for many years as a Registered Nurse, most of them in emergency and trauma services. She is a Certified Emergency Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator, and the former manager of a hospital stroke program. Maureen’s wealth of knowledge, passion for nursing and education, and ability to engage people makes her an excellent teacher and a captivating lecturer. Recently, Maureen has been concentrating on writing, speaking and teaching, as well as working on her award-winning weekly podcast, “The Health and Humor Show.”

Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RDN is a nutrition communications specialist, registered dietitian in private practice, social media consultant, speaker, spokesperson and corporate consultant. She is currently the owner of Nutrition Starring YOU, LLC and www.NutritionStarringYOU.com. Lauren strongly believes that we should “Think Healthy, not Skinny”, and “EveryBODY is unique, your diet should be too”. Lauren was co-host of the Family Food Experts Kitchen radio show, available for listening on iHeart Radio and iTunes. Also known as one of the “NutritionBabes”, Lauren co-founded NutritionBabes.com, a popular Health and Wellness website in 2009. NutritionBabes.com was voted one of Healthline’s Top 100 Health Blogs in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Mark Heyman, PhD, CDE is a clinical health psychologist and the director of the Center for Diabetes and Mental Health (CDMH). In addition to treating patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, Dr. Heyman provides training for health care providers on how to identify and address the emotional and behavioral aspects of diabetes in their patients. He also works with pharmaceutical and medical device companies to help them understand these issues and incorporate this information into their sales, marketing, and patient education materials. He is particularly interested in empirically supported behavioral interventions that promote behavior change and improve physical and mental health in people with diabetes.

Katie Ferraro, MPH, RD, CDE is a nationally-recognized registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and author with an expertise in nutrition communications and curriculum development. She is the co-author of “Diet Therapy in Advanced Practice Nursing” (McGraw Hill, 2014) and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Nutrition at the University of California San Francisco and University of San Diego’s graduate schools of nursing.

Dr. Beverly S. Adler, PhD, CDE (aka “Dr. Bev”) is a clinical psychologist and certified diabetes educator, author and speaker. She specializes treating the emotional issues of people with diabetes. In her private practice, she provides individual, family and/or group therapy utilizing a cognitive behavior therapy orientation, combined with a spiritual approach. Her goal is to empower her patients to manage their diabetes.

Dr. Bev is the author of two self-help diabetes books. She has written numerous articles which are published in print and online – always focused on diabetes from the emotional perspective. She also speaks to audiences of people living with diabetes, as well as, to audiences of healthcare professionals and diabetes educators. Dr. Bev, herself, has been living successfully with type 1 diabetes for 40+ years.

In August 2016, Dr. Bev was honored to receive the “CDE Entrepreneur of the Year” Award from her Metropolitan NY Association of Diabetes Educators.

Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, FAND is an internationally recognized nutrition and diabetes expert with more than two decades experience. Through writing, speaking and one-on-one coaching, Jill empowers people to grab control of their health. She has worked as both a nutrition counselor and a diabetes educator in the hospital and research settings, and now in private practice in Newport News, VA. Jill is known for her practical approach and caring attitude. Her no-nonsense strategies to eating well include foods that both taste good and are good for you.

Marlene Koch (pronounced ‘cook’) is a nationally recognized nutritionist, popular TV personality and New York Times bestselling author. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA with a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Science. She is a registered dietitian and one of a select group of dietitians to hold an advanced certificate in Child and Adolescent Weight Management from the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics.

Marlene has taught professional chefs from the American Culinary Federation the principles of healthy cooking and eating. She has been adjunct Nutrition professor and cooking instructor for Columbus State College and the Columbus State Culinary Academy, and she is a nationally recognized expert in weight loss, diabetes, child and adolescent nutrition, and sugar substitutes.

Marlene has sold over one million cookbooks, and is a regular guest on QVC.

Barbara Ruhs – MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and owner of Neighborhood Nutrition LLC, a consulting firm focused on providing solutions to help food companies and supermarkets improve consumer health & wellness. She’s a former supermarket dietitian and has run a successful business for 17 years. A leader in the field of nutrition, her mission is to help people by impacting the way food is produced, marketed and sold. She’s a strong advocate for supermarket dietitians and believes the retail food industry has the greatest potential to impact public health.

Cheryl Orlansky has over 25 years of experience in health promotion and chronic disease prevention and management. Her first career as a registered dental hygienist led her towards a path of wellness and nutrition! Her expertise is in diabetes, weight management and cardiovascular disease for individuals and groups. She works in a large private practice including endocrinology, internal medicine, rheumatology, neurology and sleep medicine. She is an award winning dietitian with current leadership positions in state and local dietetics organizations.

She has been interviewed and quoted in media outlets for WebMD, Atlanta Sports and Fitness, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. She has partnered with V-103 Radio to lead supermarket tours as part of a community outreach during National Nutrition Month.

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Jackie Newgent, RDN, CDN, is a registered dietitian nutritionist and classically-trained chef. With a passion for helping people (including her father) with diabetes, she’s author of The With or Without Meat Cookbook: The Flexible Approach to Flavorful Diabetes Cooking and the award-winning The All‐Natural Diabetes Cookbook, both published by the American Diabetes Association. Jackie is also author of 1,000 Low-Calorie Recipes and Big Green Cookbook. Her next book, The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook—2nd Edition, was published in 2015.

Nutritionist Rania Batayneh, MPH is the author of the best-selling book, The One One One Diet. She holds a master’s degree in public health nutrition from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and is also a Wellcoaches Certified Health and Wellness Coach endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

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