Inspiration or Hypocrite? Paula Deen Announces Diabetes

http://pain-freeperiods.com "The Butter Queen," Paula Deen has found herself in some serious hot water y'all — and we aren't talking about the kind she uses to boil for her son Bobby's favorite sausage potato salad either.

After the celebrity chef known for measuring butter for her recipes by the pound announced that she has Type II diabetes, we soon learned that in addition to lying, by omission, to her loyal fans — she also hid her disease from her bosses over at the Food Network as well.

Some Startling Facts About Diabetes:

Total: 25.8 million children and adults in the United States—8.3% of the population—have diabetes.

Diagnosed: 18.8 million people
Undiagnosed: 7.0 million people
Pre-diabetes: 79 million people
New Cases: 1.9 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older in 2010.

Cost of Diabetes:

$174 billion:Total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2007

$116 billion for direct medical costs

$58 billion for indirect costs (disability, work loss, premature mortality)

After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.3 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.

[source: diabetes.org]

Is Paul Deen's Mantra A Monster Of Our Own Creation?

The trouble is that we have yet to make, or accept, the connection between what we put in our mouths and the effects it has on our bodies. The Western dinner plate in dead-set (pun intended) on piling up heavily subsidized meats, heart-clogging oils and fried foods when growing evidence continues to point us to their deleterious effects.

The bigger issue here is that we, as individuals must stop putting so much stock in our celebrities. They are not to be seen as beacons of the moral brigade, they are merely paid workers on a larger scale and will make choices according to their own value system just like we do on a smaller scale.

Is Paula Deen A Hypocrite Or Are We?

Since so many people see the irony of her situation, perhaps this will be an opportunity for the connection between food and disease to have its time in the spotlight. Perhaps, films like Raw for 30 Days will have an opportunity to spread the message of healthy eating on an even larger platform. If you haven't seen the film, you should definitely check it out. It is a well-done documentary about Dr. Gabriel Cousen's work to cure diabetes with diet and lifestyle changes and the success his patients routinely experience.

So what do you think? Does Paula Deen's recent Type II Diabetes announcement make her an inspiration or hypocrite?

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