Will recipes by Paula Deen give you diabetes? I’m not sure whether you heard it or not but one of america’s favorite chefs was diagnosed with diabetes 3 years ago and keep it hidden up until a few weeks ago. It came after she reportedly signed a deal with Novo Nordisk to promote their diabetes treatment Victoza. For most people, they would see nothing wrong with this but for me, I see a whole lot wrong with it and I’m going to vent about it right now! I really think people have loss their integrity and money has become top priority. How else can you explain withholding information about an illness then disclosing it when you’re able to profit from it? Paula Deen kept her diagnosis a secret for 3 long years until the right product came along for her to promote…just think on that for a second. Its like saying I found the cure to cancer but I’ll wait to disclose it after they offer me the right kind of money. How selfish would that be? But, l want to analyze this on a deeper level. Here are my observations from briefly watching her show as I channel surf to find something really worth watching on television:

 UnHealthy Dishes – One of her most viewed clips on Youtube is one where she puts a hamburger on top of a doughnut and adds a fried egg and a couple of strips of bacon. I saw an episode about this on an adult cartoon I use to watch called the Boondocks. They nicknamed it the “Luther Burger” and I thought it was funny until I actually saw it for real on Paula Deen’s clip. It is a heart attack and diabetes starter rolled into one.

Deep Fried – Sometimes you want something fried and that is ok but on more than one occasion I’ve seen her fry things and give them odd names like “deep fried stuffing on a stick”. She even fried a cheesecake! How the heck do you fry a cheesecake? That’s a double whammy! Come to think of it most of the recipes by her were described as deep fried. And…she fries with bad oils like vegetable and canola she could at least use coconut or palm kernel oils which are good for the body.

Butter Crazy – Paula just loves to use butter! While there really is nothing wrong with butter, you don’t have to use so much of it and I wonder if it is raw butter from cows that haven’t been treated with antibiotics and growth hormones? Probably not… so in addition to diabetes you’ll probably get cancer and other ailments from recipes by Paula Deen.

Dessert Doom – Have you seen her dessert recipes? I watched her make a cake which used a lot of processed white sugar which could shoot anyone’s blood sugar through the roof and make their pancreas work overtime. I’ve seen her do it in countless number of her dessert recipes and all I can say is wow. I am not surprised she was diagnosed with diabetes if she eats any of the stuff she cooks.

It is my belief that if you’re diagnosed with a disease such as diabetes you should be responsible enough to stop promoting the food that causes it. Paula Deen continued to cook the same food on her show without disclosing it until an opportunity came along for her to profit from her misery. In my opinion, she could have disclosed her illness a long time ago and changed her recipes and helped thousands of people including other diabetics but so often people live in fear. The fear of losing money, fame, or status is often greater than the responsibility to tell the truth so others can learn from your mistakes. I’m really hoping television networks will wake up and realize that a large segment of the population wants an alternative to these unhealthy cooking shows. Where’s Oprah when you need her? Until they do, people are going to be subject to recipes by Paula Deen which may give them diabetes and other ailments.

You be your own judge.

Do you think people in the public have a responsibility to disclose illnesses etc, especially if they are diet related and they have a cooking show? Leave a comment!

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