00 point five buffalo some of the modified to repeat were 739. Morning from Republicans are so many landmark charity events across Western New York we were talking about jamming things into the short summary spring season we have one of them it's two to cure to benefit the American Diabetes Association meeting Saturday June 5 it all starts -- in trouble seeing Niagara county community college in his -- point. They are rides for every ability from six miles to a hundred miles to a chat about it today should deduct your first here I think so. I'd doctor Thomas -- the CMO of independent help that is chief medical officer Greg grabbed -- what is the CMO do UnitedHealth. We oversees the the quality.
Interacting with the doctors and hospitals on a daily basis. Great a safety net that means you get the big black -- right you get the good I like at a busy place.
Until Bateman -- a -- to cure associate manager I don't today I'm doing things you've made it through the maple road traffic did so the the like fruits a little bit simpler than navigating a buffalo -- death. Tell us -- tell us what's happening on June for.
We have a wonderful event for about 12100 writers come not to and triple C -- when they're to support American Diabetes Association and raise money to find. Secure in advancements for diabetes and those who kept ID.
Any but he was ever gone on this ride just raves about it my neighbor Ron from across the street he's writing we have gold's gym they're from Hamburg. He does the 62 and half mile ride over and you know -- etc. and I mean he -- back weekends ago yes earlier. Piracy I don't know about -- he stays to himself at a remote around the house how much money you have to raise if you want to be involved in a -- get it -- that's -- team but if you're an individual -- you're hearing this for the first time what he would.
While all -- start listeners in a special discount to get back dialer -- discount to registers that's twenty dollars that they go on her website www. diabetes dot org slash buffalo -- plug that -- enter the promotional -- bit -- a twenty dollar industry should be. And -- and when to -- injuries 150 dollars and again all that money goes directly. Towards research should be and spends education community that stuff and.
Yeah remembered that website on our website maestro 025 dot com there's a big click on the right -- right side. And dot doctor you've -- note you said way back you've been writing in this event so did you get involved in this before an event and help or tell us about your your world.
Well yeah out my I'm -- long time cyclists are probably history years or so so I've done a lot of -- to be doing it since you were twelve right yes well thank you. Wish it was true actually you probably haven't cyclists and some thought that I had I had this little -- But seven that a lot of charity rides and then when this opportunity came along the independent -- right behind it and that. I've I've led team there for a couple years now so it's great a lot of enthusiasm we've had a lot of people who've never bite before. Italy Canada and Europe for this event and and we had a fantastic year lifted the weather couldn't have been I remember that we can it was incredible it was. Outrageously wonderful.
Now let's talk about the cause with the diabetes it's spending I don't know to what celebrity apprentice of Bret Michaels is talked about his problems -- diabetes. And it in it's it -- diabetes is a formulation of so many other -- of problems down the road that let's talk about the medical aspect aspects of it in and.
Quite there. Those babies are much more likely to have heart attack stroke limb amputation. Problems of their eyes it really has a whole host of things and Spitzer really scary statistics that we. You know like to tell people just kind of is an eye opener for -- diabetes each year kills more people than aids and breast cancer combined which a lot of people don't know so. If it really is devastating.
Doctor -- that it as far as being a diabetic it's not Bobby Clarke who played for the Philadelphia Flyers was a diabetic used to take insulin shots in the seventies. Now insulin in the way you get your treatment boy there's been a lot of advances over the years haven't been huge advancements.
We've really learned how to. While there's been new medications development we've we've learned how to that are. Uses one. Controlled diabetes also realizes that just about lectures about. Managing health of your blood vessels. So being aggressive treatments. Lipid lowering drugs and so forth. And the important role of exercise and just maintaining your health is huge contributor -- controlled what you mentioned wait what type of people are more prevalent they're going to have a better chance of getting visas and just wade is in -- ever right well there's there's there's a couple contributing factors. What is genetics. Obviously. Diabetes runs in families and it it -- certain. Race and ethnic groups more so than others. Secondly it's it's very little lifestyle disease and that's why we've seen. Almost historic and unprecedented rise of these states particularly in buffalo. And usually rated diabetes and buffalo. And again it is its can things that contribute to this editor Ellis Island and obesity epidemic of long winter here we have over thirty.
At all lot of exporting -- we sit there watching a lot of games on TV during the winter -- what is the biggest thing we can do at home so we don't become diabetics who is is it just a clean up our act a little. Be little more careful with what -- putting it is taking into our bodies I don't get preachy here absolutely I -- home with a big chocolate high yesterday for -- my wife and yelled at home -- what you -- is what you become incorporated and -- chocolate -- that's -- so.
dietary issues activity particularly important I think it says it can critical especially during. The spring months when it's still snowing outside. Two I think about -- to music I mean did you engage days going to the -- Just being active and every day life you know we Livan. Very. Carol oriented society and it was actually our city where earnings twelve minutes -- basically drive to to places when he go to other cities are more metropolitan in the -- people plot you -- much lower.
Problems oh -- the new activity -- any better. Chatting with doctor Thomas fools of us CMO of independent health until -- in the -- manager. American Diabetes Association -- associate manager sir we don't want you talked about the others sponsored by independent helps that are teaching for Niagara county community college. Website maestro 025 dot com it'll take you right there to sign up if your first time -- what did the six mile ride. And then you've got a hundred mile ride in I'm remembering from last year's excellent -- to the wineries and all that the only one that's 2625. Mile ride as we can stop -- lines along the way I think there's a couple outlet and the one year that Hitler you -- how it's not nobody. And it's like they had to put this here there's a huge party after the nature US she'll about this. What are you buffalo after that that's pretty.
Now we have great food we have wonderful supporters away. Starbucks feeling and they bring lots of food and we have some green -- trail wineries now. Appointees and there but it's a really agree I think -- general documenting a 200 -- from the diabetes portion of it.
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Think you know at my -- is not -- I think that's. Kind of underscores the the unpredictable nature of diabetes and and the fact that it's it's really a whole body disease. It's more than just -- really. This is just said you know many many other organs -- affected by this. And now it is kind of underscores the need to continue to do research. And fundraising to find it here and and but it could -- cure for this -- it's really tough to say yes in or no I know that but to I think absolutely and I think the science is progressing at a rate where. We will have a much better understanding of how to reverse this or in many ways -- there's a lot of interest in things that. The kind of reflect back and the prevention in the first but especially we have a strong family history year or. -- it is because it. Predisposition -- it's.
That's really the one that's currently in America yet thanks room make you can be a very tough subject whatever whatever you talked about of the medical making every continent thanks for coming and thanks I don't think asthma. All the information that are at the right hand side of our homepage of my star what do you buy dot com toward a cure is Saturday June 5. And triple C it's gonna be great whether we guarantee it Andy parker -- and guarantees that he doesn't know yet but he -- 748 Justin's.
