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Featured Fan: Charlie Snyder
November 17th, 2010
Five years ago, our featured BeneVia fan for November, Charlie Synder, was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. Since then, he’s ran his first half marathon and marathon and rode his bike in his first metric century (62 miles) and century (100 miles). For Charlie the century was pretty intense, as a 47-year-old diabetic riding 100 miles on an 18-year-old mountain bike in 94-degree heat. These events were also very satisfying for him because he was raising money for the American Diabetes Association.
“As a Boomer-in-Training and a diabetic, it’s important for me to live a healthy lifestyle and eat nutritious foods to help me achieve my goals. That’s where the delicious BeneVia drinks come in,” explained Charlie. Next up for him? “… I’ve signed up as the Chair of the Southern Colorado Tour de Cure diabetes fund-raising ride, which is next May.”
For more information visit Charlie’s Tour de Cure page to learn more. Good luck Charlie!
Interested in becoming a featured fan of BeneVia for December? Leave a comment below and let us know how to contact you and a member of the BeneVia team will be in contact with you.
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Featured Fan: Senior Services of Albany New York
October 18th, 2010
This month rather than featuring and individual fan, our team at BeneVia wanted to give a salute to a group that is doing amazing work in the Albany, New York area. Senior Services of Albany does amazing things to help the senior citizens of the Albany area. Jane Shramm, the executive director explains what their organization does on their website as:
“Each day, our staff and volunteers do both great and small things for the people and families that we serve. Each deed or act of kindness matters and when we attempt to thank them for what they do, each are humble and unassuming – fiercely waving away recognitions because quite simply they feel that they are here to serve and make life better for our seniors. Period. It’s what they do. It’s what we do.“The goal of Senior Services of Albany is to foster independence and enhance the quality of life of older adults by providing innovative services and caregiver support”. SSA lives up to the mission every day by the services they provide the community. The SSA has exciting and helpful array of programs for the Senior’s of Albany like Health and Fitness classes , Care Giver Support, Community Nutrition and Meal on Wheels. We hope that you’ll pass on the information about the great work that this group is doing in the Albany, NY area. We found what they were doing was amazing and felt not only the desire to share this with all of you, but to feature them as BeneVia’s “Fans” of the month.
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Featured Fan: Getting That Sweet Tooth Under Control
September 21st, 2010 Our “Featured Fan” series spotlights a Facebook Fan or Twitter Follower of BeneVia on our blog each month. We love our fans, friends & followers and we love hearing your stories and we love to promote you and the passions of your life. Interested in becoming a “Featured Fan“? Then make sure you follow on on Twitter and/or Facebook and chat it up with us, tell us what’s so special about you and we’ll be sure to listen!
This month’s featured fan is Cathy Isles who took part in the Martini Sky Jump that BeneVia sponsored in Minnesota!
By Cathy Isles
I own a greeting card company, Bridging the Universe, that specializes in disease specific cards, supportive cards and the best breast cancer cards ever printed. I am busy during the day processing orders from my greeting card company’s website and making sales calls to hospital gift shops. I am also a published childrens writer, so I have book signings and events to attend to and other books to produce. During the day I had no problem sticking to my low carb diet because I kept busy. I did great every day watching what I ate until the evening came and the sweet cravings started.
Being a diabetic for the last ten years, I have struggled with evening cravings for something sweet. Most of the time I “cheated” and ended up eating and drinking things I probably shouldn’t have. Not only would I go over my carb allotment for the day, but I would feel incredibly guilty. Because I avoid drinks with aspartame, diet pop was out of the question. This continuous evening eating habit was causing me to gain weight, which I could not afford to do since I was well over 200 pounds already.
Finally a Cure For My Sweet Tooth
In August, I was invited to be a vendor at the Aging But Dangerous Martini Skydiving Event in Baldwin, Wisconsin, which was sponsored by BeneVia. While at this event, I met Jennifer Ashley who was representing BeneVia. She gave me a sample of the Heart Health BeneVia drink which is pineapple flavored. I cracked open the bottle and took a sip and could not believe how delicious and satisfying it was. I figured it would have at least 20 carbs in it, but I was pleasantly surprised when I read the label to find it only had 3 carbs! I read the ingredients and there was no aspartame—a bonus as far as I was concerned. I knew I found something that would stop my evening screaming sweet tooth!
Setting Healthy Goals
I have set a goal for January 2010, which coincides with my 50th birthday, to be under 200 pounds. I know with BeneVia Heart Health drink, a low carb diet and continued exercising I will be able to accomplish this. I have recommended BeneVia drinks to so many people, including my parents who have used the milk based drinks which often left unpleasant aftertaste to them. I will confess I love the option of having the drinks delivered right to my door with no shipping costs if I have it delivered every six weeks. That makes it not only affordable, but convenient. I am all about convenience. As I get older, I want to stay healthy and I know that by adopting the nightly BeneVia Heart Health drink and staying active, I will be able to accomplish this. My card business and book signings keep me busy and when I feel I need a pick up or I want to quench a sweet craving, I just grab a BeneVia Heart Health drink and enjoy every drop!
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