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Basketball legend Earl “The Pearl” Monroe is teaming up with Merck on the first-ever Diabetes Restaurant Month program, which aims to challenge restaurants in select cities to create diabetes-friendly menu items. Monroe was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1998.

Diabetes Restaurant Month is a program that strives to educate people with diabetes about the importance of making more informed dietary choices when eating out.

Diners are encouraged to visit local restaurants in select cities to try featured diabetes-friendly dishes during the month designated as Diabetes Restaurant Month for that city. Earl will visit each city participating in Diabetes Restaurant Month to sample diabetes-friendly dishes with a lucky local fan and a certified diabetes educator during an educational discussion about diabetes.

Restaurants participating in Diabetes Restaurant Month have created delicious diabetes-friendly dishes with the help of a registered dietician and an endocrinologist.Restaurants in Denver, Raleigh, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Detroit, Cleveland, Phoenix, Orlando, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale/ Miami/ West Palm Beach. To check out which specific restaurants are participating, click here.

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