Lara Rondinelli-Hamilton, RD, LDN, CDE, is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator with over 13 years of experience counseling people with diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, as well as for weight loss and general wellness. Lara is the co-author of the best-selling Healthy Calendar Diabetic Cooking and The Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook. She is a regular columnist for the diabetes website www.dLife.com and has been a speaker to numerous organizations and groups for healthy eating, cooking and meal planning. She has appeared on several radio and television programs promoting healthy eating, including ABC Chicago news, WGN Channel 9 news, and NBC Chicago news.