Paula Deen's Got "The Sugah Diabeetus"

Here's what I wrote about Paula Deen's possible type 2 diabetes diagnosis. http://www.d-mom.com/paula-deen-t2/

Not knocking on her cooking style. Or her diabetes. I happen to cook with butter and margarine is spit on in my house. Nobody here in my house is overweight, has high cholesterol or diabetes or any other such health issues. Of course, I don't fry foods except once in a while. It's more than your diet. It's the quantity of your food and how much you exercise and drink water vs other drinks *cough* soda. And a little bit genetics. At least, for "the sugah diabeetus", as the author calls it.

Diabetes happen to affect skinny and fat people all over the world with different economic backgrounds.

I'm sure Paula does not eat like she cooks on her show every single day. She is sharing a deep rooted tradition of southern cooking and we can choose to like it or not. People can be relentlessly cruel. The high road would be to support her as a successful determined business women which takes confidence, courage and a fearless focus and now she can start the next chapter. Amen to Paula Deen!

Carla and at Leighann ~ I'm wondering if I need to clarify through and end note in the post? The "Sugah Diabeetus" phrase is a compendium of descriptors I also found on that Twitter feed about which I wrote. That phrase was meant to highlight the very painful comments made about this topic

I look forward to a lower calorie cookbook, I never made any of her receipes before because of the calories, much luck to her and her family.

(Sorry for the triple commenting) I have to confess, I commented before reading the blog post - I see the new show is mentioned there as well :)

I am not surprised - not because of her recipes and the pious "shame on her" approach, but more rather because both she and her husband have lost a ton of weight, and usually when someone older does a big lifestyle change like that it is because of some impending medical concern. I think her husband Michael lost like 50 or 60 lbs, I think she has lost like 40 lbs. nobody is talking about that in the media, but it is clear from the pictures. I totally saw it and thought that either she or her husband was going to come out with a cookbook titled "I lost 50 lbs eating Paula Deen cooking." she is an ULTRA savvy businesswoman. I am very sorry to heat that she has diabetes, but I think she was warned at least a year ago and lost weight to try to prevent it. My hope is that America will benefit because she will use that fantastic mind to develop some über-yummy recipes that are also über-healthy and transform her image and her brand from indulgence to healthy eating. Let's hope...

Leighann - I never thought about it that way before, but I can somewhat identify. My father was a non-smoker who died from lung cancer - there's a similar stigma/assumption that most lung cancer victims brought it upon themselves (by smoking).

*hugs* to you for being a strong mom and advocate for your daughter. <3

I read that her son just started hosting a show called "not my mother's recipes" (or similar) where he shows how to cook healthier versions of her recipes.

I think they said the show is about a month old ...

I think the Nat'l Enquirer leak pushed her to "come out" sooner than intended, but my guess is Paula has been extremely calculating in planning how this whole thing plays out.

On one hand I feel compassion for her, on the other hand I think continuing to promote foods that she likely stopped eating a few months ago shows a lack of integrity.

I'm more critical of people who say "The Sugah Diabeetus" than people who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. My child has type 1 diabetes, which has no known cause and no cure, and people flinging around stereotypes such as that phrase do a great disservice to those of us trying to educate and advocate. While type 2 diabetes can sometimes be controlled by a change in diet and exercise, poor diet and lack of exercise aren't always the cause. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that can in no way be prevented. Since the two types are often lumped together, my daughter faces a lifetime of biased and unfounded stereotypes.

Soo, the keyword here is lifestyle change, or (two words).

Diabetes is bad, bad, bad, sure...............you can live with it, under control...............but it changes your life drastically. Most diseases do.

Personally I think it's sad how cruel people can be!! I see people every week who are dealing with the cruel effects of diabetes, and I wish Paula all the best!

No Lynette not typical. I am from down south and trust me her diet is not typical!

I could have sworn that she said she was diabetic months ago. Deep-fried butter will do that to you.

I think she represents a 'typical' Southern diet. For the same reasons that area of the US has the highest obesity rate and diabetes.

"Sugah" diabetes is NOT caused from SUGAH...anyone who is educated in it knows that. I have diabetes...its caused by the pancreas inability to send enough insulin to breakdown carbs. Not a laughing matter.