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Your Healthful Selection CommitteeTM evaluates each nomination to determine which individuals will be named Healthful HeroesTM and featured on HealthfulHeroes.com!
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]To Discover More about just how Nominees are Selected as Healthful HeroesTM, review our Healthful Mission!
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Major, United States Army
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Weighing in at 320 lbs in high school, Tony struggled through maintaining a healthy weight throughout a large part of his childhood. His time in the Army and its emphasis on physical fitness and a professional appearance have certainly helped him to manage this aspect more effectively. Whether its physical fitness, weight management, or managing the home-work life, Tony believes there are no quick wins. Living a healthy lifestyle, rather, comes down to one fundamental aspect: finding balance.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Eugene Guillermo
Pastor, Cornerstone Community Church
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]“Gino” was called into spiritual service over a decade ago, serving as an Elder for Cornerstone Community Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. He previously studied at The Master’s Seminary in Los Angeles, California, and the University of Las Vegas. When he is not helping to guide his church community, Gino is busy as a proud husband and father to five children.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Michelle Sosa
Health Policy and Human Wellness
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Michelle Sosa has had a career devoted to human health and wellness. She has been an academic researcher, clinical researcher, and health economist with a number of publications. Michelle began her career in public health in Hawaii. She received her Master of Science in Epidemiology from Brown University.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]*Cas' Healthful Journey™ through Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM)
*Cas' Healthful Journey™ with Type 1 Diabetes
Join us for an interview with Cas and discover how he has been able to manage through his life with Type 1 Diabetes. This is Cas’ Healthful Story™.
It was Christmas Day 2008. Cas was just 13 years old and drank three gallons of tea with sugar. For the past several months, he was often thirsty at night and woke up three or four times during the night to use the restroom. He proceeded to spend the through New Year’s Eve in the hospital as he was given a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes.
He all of a sudden had to learn how to inject himself with insulin and the doctors wouldn’t let him leave the hospital until he knew how to inject himself. Over the next several weeks, Cas described that “the biggest change was having to count everything I ate having to count carbohydrates and figuring out how much insulin I needed.”
Cas described situations where his blood sugar isn’t high enough: “All of a sudden it is like you’re very hungry like you hadn’t eaten in a few days but also you’re very weak and it’s difficult to focus and I get sweaty and I’m incoherent when I talk.”
Cas credits his sensor and insulin pump for allowing him to live as normal as a life as you can with Type 1 Diabetes: “I’ve got a sensor which alerts me when my blood sugar isn’t working correctly. I’ve got a pump. I’ve got an app on my phone that links the two together so I think I can lead a pretty normal life or as normal as you can with diabetes of course. I still gotta count my carbs and and bring snacks with me but overall I think it’s as normal a life as I can have.”
Cas' Advice for Others
When asked what advice he has for others with diabetes, Cas is quick to point out that “for those getting used to counting carbs, the biggest hurdle is getting used to it because if you don’t make a habit out of it, counting carbs will always stay something that you have to be conscious about. I’ve tried to turn counting carbs into a habit and it has now become second nature so I’ve gotten used to it.”
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