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11:50 am - 01/13/2012
Hey Y'All, Paula Deen To Announce Diabetes Diagnosis
The Daily is reporting that Paula Deen, the large-living queen of heavy cooking, is about to come clean with what some say has long been her dirtiest secret: her diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes.
Rumors of Deen's diabetes first started to swirl in April, when The National Enquirer and The Daily Mail both reported that the TV chef was hiding her disease for fear that it would endanger her credibility as a chef.
There's no doubt that fans would be upset to learn that Deen had been keeping such a major disease, and a major consequence of heavy eating, from their knowledge. It would certainly cast an alarming pall over the reckless abandon with which she endorses delicacies like turducken. And it would lend support to rival Anthony Bourdain's much-ballyhooed critique of Deen's culinary style.
It's worth noting, though, that in the past nine months, Deen has diversified her activities away from her old monomaniacal focus on fatty foods. She's been selling flavored lip balms and announced plans for a clothing line. She wrote a best-selling cookbook and ink a contract for two more, at a new publisher. And her son Bobby recently debuted his Cooking Channel show "Not My Mama's Meals," which showcases healthy versions of Southern classics.
Deen has also been slowly moving toward greater candor in recent months: she admitted to smoking cigarettes on a recent episode of the Dr. Oz show. And Deen will soon be appearing, in her own home, on an episode of Oprah's new OWN show, Oprah's Next Chapter. Given the timing, the latter could even be a perfect venue for the diabetes confession.
But if Deen has successfully hidden her diabetes so far, why change tack now?
The Daily has a potentially convincing answer: she's in it for the money. According to the rumors the iPad publication has heard, Deen has signed a deal to endorse a diabetes medication from major pharmaceuticals company Novartis. Leave it up to Deen to turn what could have been a career-wrecking scandal into a financial windfall.
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Curious to see how much backlash she will get about this tbh. Oh, Paula and your sticks of butter.
Rumors of Deen's diabetes first started to swirl in April, when The National Enquirer and The Daily Mail both reported that the TV chef was hiding her disease for fear that it would endanger her credibility as a chef.
There's no doubt that fans would be upset to learn that Deen had been keeping such a major disease, and a major consequence of heavy eating, from their knowledge. It would certainly cast an alarming pall over the reckless abandon with which she endorses delicacies like turducken. And it would lend support to rival Anthony Bourdain's much-ballyhooed critique of Deen's culinary style.
It's worth noting, though, that in the past nine months, Deen has diversified her activities away from her old monomaniacal focus on fatty foods. She's been selling flavored lip balms and announced plans for a clothing line. She wrote a best-selling cookbook and ink a contract for two more, at a new publisher. And her son Bobby recently debuted his Cooking Channel show "Not My Mama's Meals," which showcases healthy versions of Southern classics.
Deen has also been slowly moving toward greater candor in recent months: she admitted to smoking cigarettes on a recent episode of the Dr. Oz show. And Deen will soon be appearing, in her own home, on an episode of Oprah's new OWN show, Oprah's Next Chapter. Given the timing, the latter could even be a perfect venue for the diabetes confession.
But if Deen has successfully hidden her diabetes so far, why change tack now?
The Daily has a potentially convincing answer: she's in it for the money. According to the rumors the iPad publication has heard, Deen has signed a deal to endorse a diabetes medication from major pharmaceuticals company Novartis. Leave it up to Deen to turn what could have been a career-wrecking scandal into a financial windfall.
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Curious to see how much backlash she will get about this tbh. Oh, Paula and your sticks of butter.
ngl, even though i've always tried to be careful about what i eat since type 2 diabetes runs in my mom's family, studying its complications in my chronic illnesses class makes me want to cry into a salad. that shit ain't nothing to sneeze at and it's frustrating seeing so many patients be flippant about its management =/
my cousin is 18 and already has type 2 and is on metformin, and she doesn't manage her diet at all. i'm scared for her tbh
Edited at 2012-01-13 05:38 pm (UTC)
Edited at 2012-01-13 05:37 pm (UTC)
see also, i need a happy meal fix every few months. ha!
I've made quite a few recipes of hers, and have substituted most of her ingredients for the "sugar-free" version (because my dad is diabetic).
in fairness to paula deen, she also has some lighter options on the more recent shows. i saw her make a cheesecake with low fat cottage cheese, sugarfree jello and strawberries.
Edited at 2012-01-13 06:32 pm (UTC)
i won't even eat pumpkin pie; I think of all the calories, etc. You can make a pumpkin smoothie that tastes the same with a fraction of the calories...and no butter.
http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/vi
Which is still a cup of butter, but not 4-8.
(And no, the fact she cooks unhealthy food isn't a justification. If you can't tell already that the stuff she makes is terrible for you, it's not her fault.)
Edited at 2012-01-13 05:35 pm (UTC)
signed,
Internet MD
:)
jk, not surprising.
yeah, so surprising
Edited at 2012-01-13 05:45 pm (UTC)
no seriously, this is so, so wrong
You'd think this would make other family members shape up, but nope. They're just like LOL won't happen to me. Oo
Type 1, your pancreas doesn't produce Insulin
Type 2, your body no longer knows how to use the Insulin it is producing or your pancreas can't produce enough Insulin anymore to maintain a healthy Blood Glucose Level.
Also, I would like to take this moment for a self plug:
Monday kicks off Day 1 of Project 365 for me and my husband( a Type 1 Diabetic) . We'll be climbing everyday for a year and filming a documentary of living with diabetes.
http://www.livingvertical.org/
Edited at 2012-01-13 10:44 pm (UTC)
"You mean frying everything in 1lb of butter wasn't GOOD for me?"