It's not the diabetes, it's that she hid it until she had a chance to make money from it. Craven.

She's made tons of $$$ by flaunting her poor lifestyle to others and encouraging it and now she's going to make a ton of $$$ by being a spokesperson for a pharmaceutical company. It's not awful to find that disdainful.

Anonymous wrote:80 percent of diabetics are overweight or obese. Many of the rest eat very poorly, just not in excess. Those who think there is no link between diet and diabetes are fooling themselves.

Exactly. Type II diabetes is absolutely a lifestyle disease.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are chuckling at someone's diabetes diagnosis?

That's just really awful. Wow!

I am too. Not because she overate, but because she made huge amounts of money off encouraging poor diet in others, while keeping her own diabetes, the consequence of all this unhealthy food, secret for three years. It is utterly unconsionable.

80 percent of diabetics are overweight or obese. Many of the rest eat very poorly, just not in excess. Those who think there is no link between diet and diabetes are fooling themselves.

Type II diabetes is considered largely preventable and I think we can all see that PD's lifestyle = Type II diabetes. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But I am disappointed in her that she was diagnosed a few years ago and continues to push the kind of recipes she does.

Anonymous wrote:haha I have to admit I laughed when I saw this. Don't want to wish disease on anyone, but how ironic!

You don't know the meaning of "ironic" or the medical facts about diabetes! I shall laugh at you!

Ah, the world is better place now.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are chuckling at someone's diabetes diagnosis?

That's just really awful. Wow!

Not OP, but Puhlease!

haha I have to admit I laughed when I saw this. Don't want to wish disease on anyone, but how ironic!

OP, you are chuckling at someone's diabetes diagnosis?

That's just really awful. Wow!

Also, eating a ton of sugar and fat contributes to being overweight, which is a risk factor for developing diabetes.

Eating a ton of sugar and fat may not give you diabetes, but it sure doesn't help you out once you have diabetes.

Thank you PP.

Eating a ton of sugar and fat does not give you diabetes.

Duh, op.

Anthony Bourdain, the smoking former heroin addict whose cooking tips include using lots of butter?

Eating fatty food doesn't give you diabetes.

Being fat doesn't give you diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/diabetes-myths/?__utma=1.1338953311.1326489871.1326889664.1326906097.4&__utmb=1.1.10.1326906097&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1326906097.4.4.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=american%20diabetes%20organization%20myths&__utmv=-&__utmk=39370659

This is wrong of me I know but I couldn't help but chuckle after reading that Paula Deen-the queen of Lard, has diabetes. I mean, isn't that just a classic 'duh' case, judging from her cooking?. She says she's not going to completely cut butter out of her cooking/diet because that would just be outrageous, if she's going to eat fatty foods, it has to be the real deal BUT she will use butter in moderation, yeah ok.

DH loves her shows and I sometimes watch it with him, the copious amount of butter, sugar and grease in her cooking is scary. She eats her vegetables and fruits--fried lettuce and caramel carrots.
And now she's a spokesperson for some diabetes drug company? I don't even get that one.
Anthony Bourdain so eloquently tweeted that he is considering going into the leg breaking business so he can sell profitably crutches later on.