The happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic shows you that the best things in life are sugar free with a trip to the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York, NY. Numerous New Yorkers are out for a stroll — wearing headgear from the merely unusual to the outright fanciful. The event brings out everyone’s creativity and proves that crafts not candy make the holidays sweet.
See the most outrageous bonnets and enormous men’s hats. Harlem’s Heaven Hat Boutique Owner, Evetta Petty and NYC Stylist Tziporah Salamon offer fashion advice along the parade route.
Find out Mr. Divabetic’s 5 Favorite Easter Bonnets at the Easter Parade in New York for 2012. Who do you think should be Number #1? And see how creative you can be designing a hat with a Metrocard. Music provided by Douglas Clay Music.
Easter Parade 2012 with Mr. Divabetic:
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Experience Mr. Divabetic’s ‘wellness with a wow’ programming in New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Savannah, GA, Bethesda, MD and Pittsburgh, PA in 2013. Get more details at www.divabetic.org
The happy healthcare host and WEGO Health Activist Awards nominee, Mr. Divabetic brings his dynamic stage show to the the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Expo in New York. Enjoy glamour, games and giveaways compliments of Werther’s Original Sugar Free,Level Foods, dLifeTV and Dr. Beverly S. Adler.
This ‘wellness with a wow’ main stage presentation promises a new attitude in diabetes outreach featuring special guest divas: Catherine Schuller and Carla Cravens. Enjoy fun fitness demonstrations, nutrition games and ‘Diagnosis to Diva!’ testimonials.
Werther’s Original Sugar Free candies come in three delicious flavors: Caramel Coffee (my favorite), Caramel Cinnamon and Caramel Apple. With only eight calories and 3 carbs each, these candies are the “diva” way to indulge.
Mr. Divabetic presents outreach at Taking Control Of Your Diabetes Conferences & Health Fairs (Santa Clara, CA and Savannah, GA), ADA Expos (New York, NY, Pittsburgh, PA) and more!
The ADA Expo is FREE and includes health screenings, cooking demonstrations, product and service exhibitors, as well as leading experts talking about diabetes management and prevention. Get the latest information on preventing and managing diabetes and its deadly complications to help keep you and your family healthy.
Hear motivational speaker and Founder of Team Type 1 (http://www.teamtype1.org/) Phil Southerland talk about Diabetes, his book and more!
Watch the finale of a live cooking challenge the NEXT CHEF where NYC public school students will compete to see whose diabetes friendly recipe reigns supreme.
Hear Biggest Loser Runner-Up and Healthy Living Advocate, Frado Dinten’s Story.
Participate in a conversation with Dr. Ronald Tamler, Director of the Mount Sinai Diabetes Center and people who turned back the clock on diabetes.
On the Healthy Eating Stage YOU WILL SEE:
Bobby Deen, host of Cooking Channel’s “Not My Mama’s Meals,” along with his brother Jamie Deen, host of The Food Network’s “Home For Dinner” will demonstrate diabetes-friendly cooking and discuss their work with Novo Nordisk and Diabetes in a New Light®.
Top Chef Season 1 Contestant and Natural Food Chef, Andrea Beaman, present “What Can I Eat Now” and share with the audience how to eat natural and whole foods for wellness.
Charles Mattocks, the “Poor Chef” demonstrate how to cook healthy and delicious diabetes-friendly meals on a budget.
Dmitri Verteouris, former Food Network “Fat Chef” participant, owner of three restaurants in Brooklyn, and founder of Knockout Obesity (koobesity.com) go over Portion Sizes and sample some of his favorite recipes.
All of the presenters share samples of their presenting recipes!
About the Active Living Stage:
The active living stage will feature: Thai Chi, Yoga, Bootcamp, Gospel Aerobics and Zumba demonstrations.
Consultations with fitness instructors on how to get started with exercise and basic workout tips will also be available.
About the Cultural Pavilion:
Workshops in Spanish, Panjabi, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin and one geared to the African American community will occur here.
About the Kids Pavilion:
A pavilion with fun activities, and hands on demos will be coordinated by the YMCA for children at the EXPO.
About the Older Adult Area:
An area dedicated to the Association’s Senior Program and information on healthy living with diabetes as an older adult will be sponsored by VNSNY.
Visit the American Diabetes Association EXPO/New York and Join the Millions℠ in the fight to Stop Diabetes®. Learn how to live healthy, be active, and change the future of diabetes for you and your family.
Mr. Divabetic Stage Show – ADA Expo
Saturday, March 9, 2013, 1 – 1:45 PM
Jacob Javits Convention Center- North
655 West 34th Street (entrance 39th Street and 11th Avenue)
New York, NY 10001
Years ago, when I first started Divabetic, a full-day of ‘food programming’ would never have happened. Initially I didn’t want to focus Divabetic’s outreach efforts on food because I thought it was already being ‘covered to death’ by educators, hospitals and major diabetes organizations. Why did Divabetic have to talk about it? But I quickly realized that I didn’t agree with how many of these patient resources were choosing to deal with the topic. I felt then like I do now that the discussing topic ‘food’ isn’t just about ‘what you’re eating,’ it’s also important to talk about ‘what’s eating you.’
My former boss, Luther Vandross had a very public battle with his weight for years. In the 13 plus years that I worked for him I witnessed him gain and lose an excess of over 100 pounds at least seven times. It was difficult to watch someone, who was so successful in their chosen field, continually fail time after time at managing their weight. ‘Heartbreaking’ is the only way to describe it.
Tonight’s podcast, Serve, Taste or Trash! Game (6 PM, EST on blogtalkradio) is about letting people talk back about the foods they love and more importantly the foods they love to hate. Trust me, Luther knew what he needed to eat to manage his type 2 diabetes but he just didn’t want to eat it. And he’s not alone. I’ve heard these sentiments expressed by both men and women at various Divabetic Club meetings for years. The fact that so many of the foods that ‘we love’ so much are killing us makes the matter even more complex.
Serve, Taste or Trash! Food Game
This is why I’m excited to see the film ‘Soul Food Junkies’ with my good friend, Catherine Schuller. Inspired by his own family’s complex relationship with “soul food” — fried chicken, ribs, macaroni and cheese, peach cobbler, and the whole panoply of down-home foods made with grease, sugar, and love — acclaimed filmmaker Byron Hurt asks whether this diet is nurturing or destroying the African American community. With humor and heart, Hurt questions the effects of “soul food” on the health of not only African Americans, but all who guiltily consume this most comforting of American comfort foods
Baffled by his dad’s unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, Hurt sets out to learn more about this rich culinary tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. He discovers that the love affair that his dad and his community have with soul food is deep-rooted, complex, and in some tragic cases, deadly.
Through candid interviews with soul food cooks, historians, and scholars, as well as doctors, family members, and everyday people, Soul Food Junkies blends history, humor, and heartwarming stories to place this culinary tradition under the microscope. Both the consequences and the benefits of soul food are carefully addressed. So too is the issue of low access to quality food in black communities, which makes it difficult for some black people to eat healthy. In the end, Hurt determines whether or not black people are addicted to this food tradition that has its origins in West Africa and the black south, yet is loved all over the world.
I’ll be sharing my review of Soul Food Junkies on this blog tomorrow.
Watch News Yorkers try to identify the healthiest treat from three Serve, Taste or Trash! Food Game choices bought at a convenience store. You might be surprised by the results.
Let’s Talk About Sex! Here’s a sneak peak of Divabetic’s upcoming ‘Love On A Two Way Street’ free outreach program focused on ‘Sexual Health & Diabetes’ and presented at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on Sat., Feb, 9, 2013
TUNE IN: Free to Diabetes Roundtable podcast Inspired by Rihanna with guests: Neva White DNP, CRNP, CDE, Connie Frazier RD, CDE, Patricia Addie-Gentle RN, CDE, author Elsie Spruill, poet Lorraine Brooks, hairstylist and makeup artist Charlene Wilson, Mama Rose Marie and Allison from Jersey City, NJ living with diabetes http://www.blogtalkradio.com/divatalkradio1/2013/01/08/diabetes-roundtable-inspired-by-rihanna
’Movie Girl Workouts’ with Mr. Divabetic and fitness expert, Katherine Adamenko
Experience Mr. Divabetic’s wellness with a wow programming in Tucson, AZ, Santa Clara, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Savannah, GA and Bethesda, MD in 2013. Get more details at www.divabetic.org
For the past four years, Fashion’s Night Out events across the US have given designers and retailers the opportunity to showcase new products in an upscale and fun environment. On September 6, 2012 from 6-10PM, the momentum of Fashion’s Night Out will take on a new twist in NYC by catering exclusively to the Plus Size Community.
Plus Night Out NYC 2012 is being held at the modern and contemporary, Yotel Hotel, 570 Tenth Avenue (West 42nd Street) NY, NY. The 2012 Fashion’s Night Out Plus will feature a plus centric fashion showcase with F3, Full Figured Fashionista, Eddy and Bri, Alter Ego Clothing, Curvysta and Shanda Freeman’s new collection, “Gemini”. Along with the fashion showcases, the Yotel Hotel Club lounge cabins, will feature a variety of vendors and performers including the happy healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic.
Meet Andrea Amador of “The Juicy Woman, Inspiring Women to Love the Skin Their In”. Connie Elder, a QVC veteran and owner of Lipo in a Box and Underology. NWPR suite, representing Dr. Miracle’s Curl Care, Lamik cosmetics and Twisted Sista hair products. The Association of Image Consultants will be on hand to offer mini makeovers and color consulting, along with one of the plus industry icons, Catherine Schuller. Dyva Dlights will offer samples of her amazing cakes and pies in the VIP suite. International DJ KCB, will keep the music flowing throughout the night.
Alongside the Curvy Fashionistas previously mentioned, Plus Night Out is pleased to announce, Doria Pagnotta of ‘Jerseylicous’ and Shanda Freeman, Designer and MTV celeb, as hosts for the evening. To help celebrate the curvy festivities, Plus Night Out will have special celebrity guests, like Nikki Gomez, of TLC’s “Big Sexy”, LornaLitz Baez of NUVO TV’s “Curvy Girls”, Christina Mendez, a top plus model and a host of other VIP/celebrity guests.
Plus Night Out NYC 2012 will hold raffle contests every hour on the hour. After the fashion showcase, Skorch Magazine and Nfinite Form will sponsor the first Plus Night Out Model Search. The winner has the opportunity to win an editorial spread in Skorch Magazine, a second one in Nfinite Form Magazine and the chance to become a face for the fall/winter promotions for F3, Full Figured Fashionista. The winner also wins over $500 in vendor and designer sponsored prizes. Sponsorship opportunities for this wonderful event are still available!
Now playing on Diva TalkRadio Studio d, Golden Rules on Style Inspired by The Golden Girls with Catherine Schuller AICI, CIP. Mr. Divabetic reviews the golden rules of style with celebrity style and image expert Catherine Schuller, who also serves as Divabetic’s image and style advisor. Together, they channel every woman’s inner Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia for a fabulous fashion transformation with a diva attitude. Click below to listen.
Divabetic’s free and fabulous ‘Golden Girls’ diabetes outreach tour, hosted by Mr. Divabetic features traditional diabetes education presented with a non-traditional approach and with an attitude reminiscent of the popular Golden Girls’ characters: Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia. Women and their loved ones will have an opportunity to learn how to makeover their diabetes in a brand new way with the help of educators, pharmacists, fitness instructors and stylists and beauty experts.
Divabetic Image & Style Catherine Schuller and Author and Entrepreneur Connie Elder’s ‘Golden Rules Of Style’ fashion presentation with feature two well-known models. Kalli Fraize who has modeled for Michael Kors from Newfoundland Canada and Yvebrielle Edmond who is known for her work on the QVC. Both of these dazzling divas will help Catherine and Connie bring to life Divabetic’s ‘Glam More, Fear Less’ philosophy. “The more you do to love yourself, the more confidence you’ll gain in improving your health,” says, Mr. Divabetic. “Over the years, we’ve seen how a little lipstick can go a long way in boosting spirits and helping women touched by diabetes to stay on track with their health and wellness goals.”
Divabetic’s Golden Girls Tour – Philadelphia
Saturday, October 15, 2010, 11- 4 PM
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Jefferson Alumni Hall, 1020 Locust Street, 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA
FREE ADMISSION
Register Now: 1-800-JEFF-NOW
Enjoy free Diva TalkRadio’s broadcasts featuring the Golden Rules of Fashion and Shapewear inspired by the Golden Girls featuring Catherine Schuller and Connie Elder hosted by the happiest healthcare host, Mr. Divabetic. For more event and Diva TalkRadio: Laugh A Little, Learn A Lot details go to: divabetic.org
Mr. Divabetic sports his world famous ‘D’ jacket in his interview on Patty TV with Patty Jackson at Philly’s WDAS-FM today to promote Divabetic’s Golden Girls tour stop on Saturday, October 15, 2011, 11 – 4 PM. FREE ADMISSION. Register: 1-800 -JEFF-NOW. Neva White and Dave Thomas from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital join the fun at Philly’s Best R & B and Classic Soul Radio Station in this video interview.
Mr. Divabetic presents traditional diabetes education with an attitude reminiscent of the popular Golden Girls’ characters: Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia. Women and their loved ones will have an opportunity to learn how to makeover their diabetes in a brand new way with the help of educators, pharmacists, fitness instructors and stylists and beauty experts. Divabetic’s Golden Girl Tour features:
Blanche’s Boa-licious Workout (a ‘more sparkle, less sweaty way’ to exercise), Sophia’s Smartly Packed Purse (the do’s and don’t of what every woman with diabetes should carry in her purse), Dorothy’s Daily Glucose Monitoring Tips (strategies for pain-free blood sugar checking), Rose’s Carbohydrate Counting For Dummies (an easier way to understand carbohydrates)
For more information on Divabetic’s 5-city Golden Girls Tour go to: divabetic.org
Adele, one of the biggest new stars in music, has been forced to cancel her upcoming 10 city tour because of a hemorrhage into her vocal cord. The singer canceled dates earlier this year as well as a scheduled appearance on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ for the same problem. In a statement that was posted on her website, Adele said she was “truly devastated and annoyed,” and she apologized to her fans. We’ll just have to keep playing her monster hit song ‘Rolling In The Deep’ until she gets better!!
Meanwhile, Divabetic’s 5-city ‘Golden Girls’ tour marches on with our next stop in Philadelphia, PA at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Meet guest stars Catherine Schuller, Divabetic’s Image & Style Director, and Connie Elder, ‘Lipo In A Box’ and ‘Underology Anit-Aging Skincar’ creator and author, who plan to add some sparkle and shapewear advice to these unique, free diabetes outreach events with attitude! Hosted by Mr. Divabetic. Don’t miss it! For more on Divabetic’s 5 -city diabetes outreach ‘Golden Girls’ Tour details go to divabetic.org
Plus, enjoy over 30 free Diva TalkRadio podcast programs featuring doctors, celebrities, real-life divas and style and makeup experts discussing the health and wellness news that matters to you most in an upbeat, friendly way available on demand (anytime, anywhere!) Diva TalkRadio: Laugh A Little, Learn A Loton divabetic.org
Divabetic: Pop Up Plus Joins Divabetic's Golden Girls Tour
GREAT NEWS! Joining Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sofia on Divabetic’s 5-city ’Golden Rules/Golden Girls’ will be Pop Up Plus clothing boutique.
Pop Up Plus will be working with Divabetic Style & Image Advisor, Catherine Schuller, and Lipo In A Box and Underology creator, Connie Elder to stage the ‘Golden Rules of Plus Size Fashion’ show at our free diva-style diabetes outreach event at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, October 15, 2011, 11- 4 PM. Register Now: 1-800-JEFF-NOW. Free Admission. For more event details go to: divabetic.org
Pop Up Plus is the most innovative retailer in the plus size industry. The concept of temporary, on trend designer pop up shops for sizes 14 and up started a plus size revolution for the curvy trendsetter. When you walk through the doors its like walking into a dream closet. The mobile collections are a highly edited mix of each season’s cutting edge trends from established American, international, and emerging designers
Founded in 2010, by the granddaughter of a tailor, Camy N understands the need for a fresh take on clothing. Frustrated with the lack of access to hip, luxury clothing, she began to travel the world to look for it, embracing everything from classic basics to rock inspired pieces and graphic, bold prints. What began as a series of private shopping parties, has now emerged as a full scale mobile plus size store. Camy’s sensibilities– influenced by travel, art, and current fashion trends, inform the way Pop Up Plus collections are selected. From NYC to DC, LA and soon to Europe, Pop Up Plus is coming to a city near you. www.popupplusonline.com.
Fifty years ago, it was the silver screen, not the red carpet that showed American women how to dress. And the film, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, lead the pack on educating women about style and fashion.
“There were movie stars who were sexier, maybe more glamorous and possibly more beautiful,” says InStyle fashion director, Hal Rubenstein, author of 100 Unforgettable Dresses.”But as far as chic? No one compares to Audrey Hepburn, who was at her “most alluring and most sophisticated” as Holly Golightly. She played the coolest girl in New York!”
The film, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, based on the novella by Truman Capote, helped to make Audrey Hepburn, Hubert de Givenchy and the little black dress – fashion icons. Plus, it’s one of the biggest reasons why millions of people visit the iconic jeweler’s Fifth Avenue flagship store each year.
Take advantage of a ‘golden opportunity’ to learn about diabetes like a diva! Come to one of Divabetic’s 5-city ‘Golden Girls’ tour stops this fall. Meet guest stars Catherine Schuller, Divabetic’s Image & Style Director and Connie Elder, ‘Lipo In A Box’ and Underology creator, who plan to add some sparkle and shapewear advice to these unique, free diabetes outreach events with attitude! Don’t miss it! Go to divabetic.org for more event details.
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