tellis built their business with the goal of making high-quality nutritional products accessible to all communities he two executives behind natural foods company naturade tellis and cook know all too well the tragic relatives suffering and dying from diabetes passed from generation to generation creating what tellis calls a "culture of poor eating.” the mission of their company is to offer plant-based protein meal replace- ment shakes that can help people lose ties throughout the country where there's not a high awareness of what's in their food or of the clear connection between affordable options aren't available than 34 million american adults have dia- their diabetes and reduce the risk of devel- return blood sugars to normal levels for healthier eating habits is anything but easy the huge marketing dollars behind them- are entrenched in our culture shared family histories cook and tellis met as students at continued on page 36
