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Grammy-winning radio and television personality Fatman Scoop discusses his fight with diabetes.
Presented by Electronic Urban Report.

Though his livelihood depends on listeners, Grammy-winning, famed rough voiced, hip hop promoter and radio personality Fatman Scoop wasn’t always a good listener. The New York music man suffered from symptoms of diabetes, but didn’t pay much attention until a friend’s intervention.

“I was diagnosed around ’96, ‘97 and honestly, I didn’t even take it seriously. But I had a moment of clarity last summer when my executive assistant on my TV show brought his brother in and his brother only had three toes. I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ and that’s when I said I gotta really start jumping on this and really start taking this seriously.”

Scoop admitted to EUR’s Lee Bailey that he ignored the numbness in his hands and legs for a while before listening to what his body was trying to tell him. In fact, he pretty much refused to believe that anything was wrong.

“Because I’m a young man,” he explained. “I thought, ‘I’m healthy. I feel fine; I feel great. I’m still walking, I’m still moving – this is not happening to me.’ I didn’t take it seriously, but then little things were happening: I was getting blurred vision. I went and saw a specialist. He said, ‘You’re in deep trouble if you don’t get yourself together.’”

Scoop described that while he wasn’t in terrible shape, as he says, he was dealing with numbness and blurry vision. At first, he thought he might need glasses. But after meeting his assistant’s brother, Scoop saw a specialist and began to work on watching his weight and making healthy choices.

One choice he made was to invest in a product called Scoop of Greens, to “defeat diabetes naturally.” He was introduced to the project by a friend of his business manager named David Sandoval who was helping an 890lb. Sumo wrestler named Tiny.

“Dave Sandoval had these products that he would have Tiny take and it helped him lose weight. So when I had that intervention with my assistant’s brother, they said [I] should talk to Dave. Dave had this product (that was later renamed) Scoop of Greens. I tried it, and it was bringing my blood glucose down. I decided to become a part of it and help him push it because it’s a great product.”

Most of Scoop’s symptoms have…

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