Paula Deen has Type II Diabetes

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Sad news.

Looks like she'll need to modify most of her recipes.

 

[Coconut36]

Has that been officially confirmed? I have heard rumors but not seen a formal announcement or confirmation it was true.

Type II isn't a death sentence or anything but yes I would imagine her heavy recipes would need to be modified to conform to the changes you have to make when diagnosed (my DH was diagnosed as Type II as an adult and is off all his meds after changing his diet and exercising and losing 60lbs).

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Not a surprise. My mom and MIL have it.

My mom lost weight and is fine.

My MIL's got worse and now she needs to go on insulin, which she is fighting btw. Her mom was the same way. Both were fit and my MIL is not overweight. In fact she is underweight at the moment.

 

[Hillbeans]

Not a surprise unfortunately with the type of food she is famous for making. I often eat a link or two of sausage for breakfast and today I heard that that alone could up my cancer risk because of the nitrates. I think it's a warning that you cannot eat to excess and expect your body not to fight back in some way.

 

[Lorelei Lee]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_1...n-expected-to-reveal-she-has-type-2-diabetes/

it's not confirmed but expected to be confirmed shortly.

 

[Jennasis]

I just assumed she had it. Nobody eats the way she cooks and comes out fine on the other end. I hope she's able to get a handle on it.

 

[arminnie]

I think it is more her ultimate weight than just her recipes.

I cook much the same way (and am older than she is). But I eat small portions of the fatty stuff. I eat a ton of fruits and vegetables. I'd rather eat a bell pepper than a bag of potato chips.

I totally quit dealing with artificial sweeteners and fat free (or reduced fat) items. I lost almost 40 pounds by doing this.

I only eat when I am hungry. When I am full I stop eating - even if 2/3 of my meal is still sitting there.

I went from a 14 to a 6 - with NO effort on my part.

 

[Imzadi]

Not a surprise unfortunately with the type of food she is famous for making. I often eat a link or two of sausage for breakfast and today I heard that that alone could up my cancer risk because of the nitrates. I think it's a warning that you cannot eat to excess and expect your body not to fight back in some way.

Her body isn't fighting back. It is breaking down. She friggin blew out her pancreas' ability to make insulin. Type 2 diabetes is SO preventable. If she had eaten properly and kept her weight down, she could have prevented this.

 

[Sandy321]

Interestingly her son's new show is debuting - Bobby Deen promoted the show on The Chew last week - - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_1...ealthy-versions-of-moms-food-on-cooking-show/

Not My Momma's Meals...

interesting - its on the Cooking show, and all the shows have been filmed, on The Chew he talked about how his mom tasted the food some she liked, some she didnt...

 

[Robinrs]

We were at her restaurant for New Year's Eve last year and my son said something about how she can't possibly be healthy eating this FOOD. The woman who gave her tour said she was the only Food Network chef who actually swallows what she makes.

I hope this is a wake up call for her. I love Paula, she's my Mama reborn!

 

[MrsDuck]

Very sad to hear this!

 

[powellrj]

I was a huge Paula fan. I loved her on Door Knock Dinners before she had her own show. I have all of her books, have eaten at her restaurant and loved her shows, BUT I think she has really sunk to a new low. She can't even announce her diabetes without making a buck off of it.


http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/01/paula-deen-has-type-2-diabetes-report.html





If you thought Paula Deen was living proof that putting butter on top of butter in a butter sauce was alright, you were sadly mistaken.

According to a report in The Daily, the celebrity chef has quietly been taking care of her Type 2 diabetes -- which is normally brought on due to high cholesterol and obesity -- but will soon announce the diagnosis via an endorsement of Novartis, the drug she's been taking to control her disease.

Although reports in the National Enquirer and other tabloids have been swirling since April, sources tell The Daily that Deen will likely have to reposition her brand from the high-fat Southern cooking she's known for to healthy food. Deen recently revealed on "The Dr. Oz Show" that she's been a smoker for 50 years.

Deen's son, Bobby, has already begun a change. His new series, "Not My Mama's Meals," which features him preparing healthier versions of his mother's recipes, premiered recently on the Cooking Channel.

"Paula Deen is going to have to reposition herself now that she has diabetes," a source tells The Daily. "She's going to have to start cooking healthier recipes. She can't keep pushing mac and cheese and deep-fried Twinkies when she is hawking a diabetes drug."

Deen has long been under fire for encouraging what many consider healthy eating habits. Barbara Walters asked the Food Network star in a 2009 interview, "You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn't it bother you that you're adding to this?"

And fellow celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain has been very outspoken about his dislike for Deen, saying she's "the worst, most dangerous person to America."

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Yep, I would have expected her to keep this under wraps due to her mega franchise.

Does she have the right to privacy with her issue? Or is putting out cookbooks and going on shows claiming to eat the foods she is making lying to her public?

Personally I think it would have been refreshing to be upfront and honest at the point she discovered her issue however I think that is just asking for too much these days.

 

[hereyago]

Not a big surprise. She was on Dr. Oz not long ago and said she had a health issue that requires medicine, but if she did certain things-exercise ate healthier, then she wouldn't have to take medicine for it.so not sure if that is what she meant. She also made a healthier version of mac and cheese I think it was on the show.

 

[jcano]

Her body isn't fighting back. It is breaking down. She friggin blew out her pancreas' ability to make insulin. Type 2 diabetes is SO preventable. If she had eaten properly and kept her weight down, she could have prevented this.

Just to clarify. In Type 2 diabetes, the body still makes insulin. It just can't use it efficiently, so it needs more and more insulin to maintain the proper blood sugar level. In Type 1 diabetes, the body can no longer make its own insulin, but that is not caused by anything except an auto-immune attack on the pancreas.

Type 2 does also have a genetic link. It's not all caused by being overweight.

That said I said the same thing about her recipes when my DH mentioned this.

 

[lovetoscrap]

It will be interesting to see what she does next. I really never thought about diabetes, but I figured that at some point she would have a heart attack and need a quintuple bypass .

However, I don't know that I believe that she really eats as bad as her show makes it look. I don't think most chefs eat a lot of the stuff they show on TV. I am sure that she is making food that she loves and is a part of her life past present and future but I sure would hope that anyone with the smarts and savvy she has would also know that everything in moderation and eats sensibly the majority of the time. Of course I could be wrong and she could really eating a pound of butter and a jar of mayonnaise every day!

Personally I would like to see her continue with the types of recipes she does-- it is who she is- but to also talk about moderation. There is nothing wrong with what she cooks as long as you aren't having it 3 meals a day every day. TV shows and cookbooks aren't designed, for the most part, for you to only chose what it is in them and base your entire diet off of them for every meal. They give you ideas to try when it is appropriate. I don't think Paula Deen will have the same appeal if she is cooking with I Can't Believe it's Not Butter, Splenda and fat free yogurt.

My inlaws used to love Graham Kerr and he cooked a lot like Paula from what I understand. But his wife had a heart attack and he switched to all low fat healthy cooking and they said his recipes really stunk (we tried a few, they were awful!) and he got so preachy about everything that it was annoying to watch. I think his TV shows ended not long after his switch to the healthy stuff and not sure about cookbooks, I havent' checked. The one we had was pretty bad.

I hope her diabetes is under control and she can be happy with whatever choices she makes.

 

[TwingleMum]

I certainly am not perfect so I'm not going to throw stones. I admire how she didn't whine or complain but started a business from scratch to care for her two young boys and looked what she turned it into. Only in America. You go girl!! Does she need to get a handle on her health ~ yes. So lets hope she takes this opportunity and shows how moderation and a little exercise and you can eat the foods you like and still be healthy.

 

[Tink888]

It will be interesting to see what she does next. I really never thought about diabetes, but I figured that at some point she would have a heart attack and need a quintuple bypass .

However, I don't know that I believe that she really eats as bad as her show makes it look. I don't think most chefs eat a lot of the stuff they show on TV. I am sure that she is making food that she loves and is a part of her life past present and future but I sure would hope that anyone with the smarts and savvy she has would also know that everything in moderation and eats sensibly the majority of the time. Of course I could be wrong and she could really eating a pound of butter and a jar of mayonnaise every day!

Personally I would like to see her continue with the types of recipes she does-- it is who she is- but to also talk about moderation. There is nothing wrong with what she cooks as long as you aren't having it 3 meals a day every day. TV shows and cookbooks aren't designed, for the most part, for you to only chose what it is in them and base your entire diet off of them for every meal. They give you ideas to try when it is appropriate. I don't think Paula Deen will have the same appeal if she is cooking with I Can't Believe it's Not Butter, Splenda and fat free yogurt.

My inlaws used to love Graham Kerr and he cooked a lot like Paula from what I understand. But his wife had a heart attack and he switched to all low fat healthy cooking and they said his recipes really stunk (we tried a few, they were awful!) and he got so preachy about everything that it was annoying to watch. I think his TV shows ended not long after his switch to the healthy stuff and not sure about cookbooks, I havent' checked. The one we had was pretty bad.

I hope her diabetes is under control and she can be happy with whatever choices she makes.

MTE. I don't make too many of her recipes but I love watching her show and the things she makes look so good, but as an occasional guilty pleasure, definitely not for everyday.. A lot of her appeal for me is just that she seems to be a person who really enjoys life. It's who she is, healthy or not.

I don't think her personal health is really anyone's business other than her own and if it's going to become public knowledge, then I see nothing wrong with her endorsing the drug she takes to treat it. Lots of celebrities do.

The comment Anthony Bourdain made in the blog about her being the most dangerous person in America made me laugh out loud. Bad example? Says the guy with a cigarette and a glass of vodka in every episode.

I wish her well.

 

[Bilberry]

I think that is going to be a common trend, more people coming down with diabetes. Recall reading that the use of diabetes drugs is growing around 30% per year. It's sad to see.

"Diabetes: Better than hedge funds"

http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/2011/03/diabetes-better-than-hedge-funds.html

snippet from the article:

Diabetes is where the action is.

While, for virtually all of history, type 2 diabetes was an uncommon condition of adults, the disease has spread so much to all levels of American society that even kids are now developing the adult form. Researchers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention predict that, by 2050, one in three adults will be diabetic.

The diabetes market is booming, handily surpassing growth of the oil industry, the housing market, even technology. It makes Bernie Madoff’s billions look like small potatoes. In health, few markets are growing as fast as diabetes—-not osteoporosis, not heart disease, not cancer.

Americans are getting fat from carbohydrate consumption, becoming diabetic along with it. While kids hanging around the convenience store gulp down 26 teaspoons of sugar in 32-ounce sodas and 56-grams-of-sugar in 16-ounce frozen ices, health-minded adults are more likely eating two slices of 6-teaspoons sugar-equivalent “healthy whole grain” bread, wondering why last year’s jeans are too tight.

The U.S. is not the only nation affected. Globally, 2.8% of the world’s population are diabetic, a number expected to double over the next 20 years.

Pharmaceutical companies boast double-digit growth for diabetes drugs, growth rates that keep profit-hungry investors happy. Merck’s Januvia, for instance, introduced in 2006, recently catalogued 30% growth in sales, with annual sales approaching $1 billion. Recently FDA-approved Victoza, requiring once-a-day injection, is expected to reap $4 billion in sales per year for manufacturer Novo Nordisk. Such numbers can only warm a drug company CEO’s heart.

Most diabetics don’t just take one medication, but several. A typical regimen for an adult diabetic after a couple of years of treatment and following the dietary advice of the American Diabetes Association includes metformin, Januvia, and Actos, a triple-drug treatment that costs around $420 per month. Two forms of insulin (slow- and fast-acting), along with two or three oral medications, is not at all uncommon.....

 

[Nolcrest]

I think it is more her ultimate weight than just her recipes.

I cook much the same way (and am older than she is). But I eat small portions of the fatty stuff. I eat a ton of fruits and vegetables. I'd rather eat a bell pepper than a bag of potato chips.

I totally quit dealing with artificial sweeteners and fat free (or reduced fat) items. I lost almost 40 pounds by doing this.

I only eat when I am hungry. When I am full I stop eating - even if 2/3 of my meal is still sitting there.

I went from a 14 to a 6 - with NO effort on my part.

What an inspiration and a reminder that we don't need to "diet" to get healthy we just need to modify our current diet.