Paula Deen expected to reveal she has Type 2 diabetes

[morosco]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 8:08pm

High-calorie, butter-intensive, fatty foods y'all

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 8:15pm

I heard this today and felt bad immediately for all the jokes the woman is going to have to endure when this is far from a laughing matter.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 10:24pm

This a reality check the country needs. I love Paula, but her cooking style is a luxury once in while treat and not a lifestyle. She was promoting it as daily cooking.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 10:33pm

Betty, that's where you're wrong. She has NEVER said that and she is very VERY open about saying that her food isn't the type of thing you should eat at every meal.

My roommate is addicted to Food Network, Cooking channel etc. Anything to do with cooking, I know more about in these past 5 years with him than I ever thought I would know. Because of that, I know that there's a lot of other cooks (Ina Garten, The Neelys, Nigela Lawson etc.) who cook pretty similar to Paula as far as fat/sodium etc content goes but because Paula is big joker about the ingredients she uses ("I'm gonna use my favorite thing...BUTTER") people think she uses a lot more than she does. If Ina Garten joked every time she used butter or shortening or mayonnaise etc, it would seem she uses it a lot more than she does too.

But the point is that yes, a lot of Paula's foods are "feel good" once in a while dishes. She's said that from day one. Her cook books are filled with foods that aren't like the Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding (which I'd still love to taste) but those other foods don't make for good TV.

I wish Miss Paula all the best. She's one of the sweetest women on this planet and she deserves nothing but the best.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 11:17pm

Well everyone, and I mean everyone on The Food Network except maybe Giada and Sandra Lee have gotten bigger since they started. If you look at first cookbooks and current cookbooks, the whole line-up (Paula, Ina, Rachael, Guy, Bobby, Emeril, Neelys and many others) have gotten heavier, some significantly.

Jordan, I have to disagree with you. I watch her show enough to know that she references her meals as nightly dinners and her cookbook for children was a monstrosity. I love her personality, don't get me wrong, but I agree with those who have been critical of her (Bourdain)-she is in bed with some pretty heinous food companies and makes decadent food on every show. She never makes a healthy dish on her show. That would be showing some balance. She may not say her meals are for every meal, but her actions speak louder than words. She never makes a low fat dish.

I think she should consider doing a talk show. She has a dynamic personality and is great at talking to people.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/13/12 at 11:44pm

With type 2 diabetes, she's better off avoiding the starches and sugars than the butter and fats though.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 1:10am

Call me Diana Morales and Big Paula my Mr Carp, but I feel nothing. Most of the reaction to this has been a steady stream of "Well duh!" vs "No one deserves type II diabetes and thin people get it too!"

She's got money and access to care, so I would imagine that she should be able to treat it, unless she's got other medical issues. It's not a tragedy.

I'm most interested in the rumor she's already got a deal to hawk some diabetes drug, but there's already been a denial issued about that, so who knows?

[Luscious]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 10:49am

Coincidence that they've set her son up with his own show titled "Not My Mama's Meals" with an emphasis on healthier cooking? Time to preserve the family legacy.




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[Jane2]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 11:03am

I'm surprised that this news is such a big deal also, Phyllis. Type 2 diabetes doesn't have to be a death sentence. If diet and exercise are followed it can be reversible.

I have type 2 diabetes and have learned a lot about it.

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 4:27pm

Didn't Anthony Bourdain call Paula Dean the most dangerous human in the world now that Bin Laden is dead?

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 4:57pm

He's also called Alice Waters 'Pol Pot in a muumuu' but has ended up doing several panels with her despite his personal feelings about her promoting organic food that he considers too unrealistic based on cost.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 6:39pm

Did you ever see the stuff Bourdain shoves in his mouth?

Why Adam Richman has not had heart failure yet amazes me.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 7:09pm

I'd shove Bourdain and Richman in my mouth.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 7:16pm

Welcome to the club, Paula.

Let me share something that Carol Channing told me when she learned of my diabetes. She said: "Get down on your knees every night and thank the Good Lord for this blessing. Yes, it's a blessing. It's a call to discipline yourself and we ALL need discipline!"

I followed her advice, lost 80 lbs and have never felt better. What's more, my numbers are low and my doctors are impressed with my diligence.

Thanks for the advice, Carol!

Paula, regard your diabetes as a blessing. You'll be transforming your life!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 7:52pm

When I told Carol I stubbed my toe she told me the exact same thing. I think it's just her stock answer to everything. She also said the same thing to my friend when he let her know he'd had an erection lasting longer than 8 hours.

Posted: 1/14/12 at 8:17pm

So does this thread mean it is now OK to speculate on the sex-life of people with AIDS?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 8:23pm

That's something you'll have to ask Carol Channing about.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/14/12 at 11:24pm

Jordan, you crack me up!

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/15/12 at 12:02am

"Did you ever see the stuff Bourdain shoves in his mouth?

Why Adam Richman has not had heart failure yet amazes me."

Sometimes Bourdain just goes all out disgusting such as that trip to Scotland where he had that deep-fried mystery meat concoction but he definitely celebrates local staples and cuisine in the area he travels. That said between the past drug abuse and cigarette smoking (that he probably uses to curb his appetite), I think food is the least of his health worries.

Richman took an extended break and his strategy involved him fasting on water and working out twice a day while traveling for the show. He still gained weight and took time off as contestant and just did hosting duties, hence that Man vs. Food Nation.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/15/12 at 10:54am

It really all comes down to genetics. My grandmother is 95 and she makes Paula Deen look like a vegan. Granny will easily make it to 100 drinking sweet tea and eating buttered biscuits and fried chicken.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/15/12 at 12:32pm

They should just change the name to the Fat Network.

My favorite cooking show is still Two Fat Ladies. But I would never consider eating or cooking anything they prepared. To me, it's a fantasy show, where things like calories and obesity don't matter. In the real world, I don't cook in an English manor for a soccer team, and I have to watch what I eat just like everybody else.

I think Paula will think twice about the influence she has when she says her favorite food is butter. And although she may not eat that way every meal, she's done enough of it in her life (you can't hide that on TV) to have health issues now.

Fantasy cooking shows are fun, but she should also show healthy alternatives every now and then, just to wake herself and her viewers up from the denial and the dream. I think she owes that responsibility to herself and her viewers.

By the way, I've fought the fat my whole life. Sometimes the cheesecake wins, and sometimes I do. Right now, I'm down 35 pounds. Balance is important.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/18/12 at 1:53pm

Paula Deen was merely the embodiment of something much more fundamental than herself. She was the Kelly Clarkson of celebrity chefs—undistinguished, unoriginal, full of empty calories, and wildly popular...

That's not the problem with Paula Deen. The problem with Paula Deen is that, after being diagnosed with diabetes—after being handed a big, flashing "Atone for your lard-soaked ways" sign by god—she chose not to humbly receive the message, in her nice little down home Southern Jesus-respecting way, and set about trying to change for the better, and perhaps to convince some of her acolytes to stop killing themselves the same way. Maybe become a vegetarian. Save a cow while you're at it. No. Instead, she decided to accept a sh*tload of money to endorse a diabetes drug. She managed to find a way to eschew responsibility for the damage she's done as much as possible, while also making money for herself. She managed to send the message: Continue eating my special fried bacon mashed potatoes, likely obese Americans. You can always shove some Victoza™ brand non-insulin injectible medication into your clogged veins when your body starts to rebel. Food is your drug, and when it starts to kill you for real, well, there are always... drugs.
Paula Deen Is a Greasy Villain

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 1/18/12 at 2:05pm

She posted a grilled vegetable pizza recipe on Facebook today.

Updated On: 1/18/12 at 02:05 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/18/12 at 2:18pm

Does Paula Dean influence peoplet so much that they eat lots of butter, sugar, cakes, and other desserts because she has a show about cooking that way?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/18/12 at 2:35pm

"Does Paula Dean influence peoplet so much that they eat lots of butter, sugar, cakes, and other desserts because she has a show about cooking that way?"

No more than Sandra Lee influences people to make lasagne using Spaghetti-O's.

The difference is Sandra snagged her a governor while Paula snagged her a reject from The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.