Paula Deen expected to reveal she has Type 2 diabetes — Page 3

But is anyone besides the author of the article Joe linked pretending that fat is the only problem with Paula's diet? The woman used two doughnuts as a hamburger bun. Leaving aside the fact that they're fried, there's just a weensy bit of sugar in those.

Phyllis, I just watched that video. Last night I heard the audio of it on the radio. I thought it was a joke. OMG-GLAZED DONUT, HAMBURGER, EGG, BACON, WHAT?????? Who even thinks up these things.

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It's definitely not just fat, Reg. You're right. It's stuffing your body full of empty calories that offer little or no nutritional value. You can fill up on a wide variety of garbage. Fat and sugar being the worst. Sugar will turn to fat, if it's not burned off. Alcohol, too. It breaks down into sugars, which, if not burned off, will also turn to fat. That's why people gain weight when they drink more booze. (I'm guilty of that myself.)

The best test for me is how I feel and look (not from a vanity POV). When I eat badly, I can see it in my eyes, on my skin, my hair, not just the added weight. Everything is off. I break out. My hair gets lifeless and limp (sure, take a pill! change your hair products!).

When I eat right, my skin looks healthier, my hair looks better and shinier, and I lose weight.

I don't need to "read statistics" to feel the difference a healthy diet can give me.

I'm a professional dieter. I've struggled with my weight all my life. Sometimes I win, sometimes the cheesecake wins. I'm human.

I tried the Atkins Diet once, and it worked. I lost 40 pounds eating nothing but fat and protein. And my veins felt like they had syrup running through them. My skin and hair were bad ... but I had tricked my body in to fake ketosis. So the weight came off. It's the only time in my life when I lost weight and actually felt worse afterward.

I'm puzzled by the mystery that seems to prevail here. I realize that so many dietary tests are bogus, because there are too many variables involved. It's not just "feed the same thing to everybody and get the same results." It doesn't work that way because we're all predisposed to certain things genetically. Our "engines" operate differently as individuals. No test results, positive or negative, will ever be conclusive. That doesn't mean common sense shouldn't be used.

I don't know how anybody in their right mind can fill their bodies with junky crap, empty calories, sugar, and fat, and say it's perfectly okay. How could it be? You wouldn't treat your car that way by feeding it bad, worthless fuel. Why would you treat your own body that way?

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Updated On: 1/20/12 at 02:57 PM

OK then, Julia Child. She lived to be 90 something eating whatever she damn well pleased.

All anecdotal evidence is pointless. Goth's racist old granny who ate Crisco all day long and smoked Virginia Slims is irrelevant.

I don't see the controversy in believing that ANY diagnosis of an incurable disease should at least warrant a hard look at the choices you've made and/or continue to make.

All anecdotal evidence- unless it backs up your beliefs. And any scientific evidence that doesn't. Can I be blamed for not understanding what isn't pointless?

All anecdotal evidence- unless it backs up your beliefs. And any scientific evidence that doesn't. Can I be blamed for not understanding what isn't pointless?

Sure. That is the point. And if you become famous, people will probably talk about it.

Anecdotal evidence shows me diet DOES effect the body, though. Whenever I'm vegetarian or vegetarian adjacent, my blood pressure and cholesterol drop pretty dramatically.

I guess I don't understand why you don't want us to talk about it, Joe. It's not like this is some secret that a tabloid unearthed. She went on the Today Show to announce it.

Paula Deen's Mile High Apple Pie.

Under "serving suggestions" for that pie on Paula's page on the Food Network weibsite...

"Serving suggestions:

Drizzle caramel pecan topping with semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate.

Cook's Note: To add candied pecans to pie recipe, use 2 cups of candied pecans, 1 cup towards the bottom, 1/2 cup towards the middle, and 1/4 cup towards the top."

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It's a rebellious denial, too. An "Oh, yeah? I'll show you who can't eat whatever they want!"

This is an absolute right on the money description of the attitude behind the mass food market in the US today. The combination of rugged American individualism and relatively inexpensive unhealthy food is what's gotten the country into the mess it's in.

I mean, right here on this board, Roxy and Goth have frequently gone on about "the nanny state" when somebody tries to have a discussion about nutritional value and health. Look how paragons of healthy living like Rush Limbaugh go after Michelle Obama for the organic garden!

I remember digging up that Paula Deen clip with the Krispy Kreme burger because I thought it was an urban legend, and whole demeanor was like, "Oooooh, aren't we baaaaad, y'all, but people who don't know how delicious this is are just fuddy duddies and busy bodies who want to control us and we SIMPLY won't allow them to, will we, y'all?"

Paula's hens have come home to roast, in a deep fryer and a sugar glaze. It's only natural she's parlayed her disease into a drug endorsement deal.

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You totally made my point in your attempt to argue against my point, Mr R. Also, why do you always put my name in all caps? It's not like you're the first man to yell out my name, but still, I've always wondered.

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Apparently Paula stopped the taping of an interview with Dr. Oz because he had the temerity to bring up the fact that she also has high blood pressure. It's probably safe to assume that's because she doesn't have an endorsement deal for bp medication? The poor thing's only getting $6 mil over two years for her diabetes drug shilling, why should she be expected to announce this too?
Don't make my blood pressure spike!

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