Monday, 30 January 2012
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Two Sticks of Butter Helps the Medicine Go Down
This is a guest post from Craig!
Take a tablespoon of butter, a half-pound burger, one fried egg, two slices of bacon, two glazed doughnuts, some grated onion, some chopped parsley, stack them all on top of each other and 1800 calories later, you have Paula Deen's famous Lady's Brunch Burger.
Don't forget Paula Deen's new and improved trademark house seasoning — diabetes.
It's an impossible, and probably cruel, feat to prepare a convincing argument of why someone deserves diabetes, but in this case, if anyone does, Paula Deen takes the cake, cooked with three sticks of butter and a dozen doughnuts.
It is nice to see though, in the wake of this unsurprising announcement that many cooks are not standing behind her in her health choices, but let's hope, for common sense sake, that her fans have the same opinion.
Her longtime publicist even quit because her decision of the last three years. Although, we do live in a country of excess and gluttony that voted George W. Bush in twice and idolizes individuals on Jersey Shore, common and sense rarely go together when speaking of the public.
But I ask not to fall into the marketing trap of the Southern cooking diabetes virus who defends her recipes to Fox News with the new slogan, "I've always said, 'Practice moderation, y'all … I'll probably say that a little louder now."
Moderation she wrote.
Paula Deen, grease queen, admits diabetes but won't go lean.I wonder if that's how she got diabetes? Because diabetes.org says, while being more susceptible from genetics, it still needs the catalyst of an unhealthy life style, and if Paula Deen has been dipping into her own stash during her career, I'd say she brought this recipe of insulin injections on herself.
But here's the kicker of her shallow demeanor: she is spinning this into a marketing campaign for a new drug treating type 2 diabetes with the company Novo Nordisk. Her sons, Bobby and Jamie, are spearing-heading the publicity and getting a nice paycheck by putting their buttery hands in the cookie jar.
How did she plan all this?
Three years of prior knowledge — that's how.
This is a ridiculous show of irresponsible influence of a society. Paula Deen has been preaching her recipes, selling books and living comfortably, $25 million struggles with diabetes. As stated before, genetics do play a part, but unhealthy habits are what pull this dormant disease into a medical issue. We would ostracize someone for making a pro-smoke commercial, so why not throw jelly-filled stones at this heretic of health?
Yet, all is not lost.
Eat what you want because Paula Deen's new endorsed drug is said to help weight-loss, which others do not, reports the New York Times. And, it only costs $400 more than the average medical route.
This is why her publicist quit. I mean if someone whose job it is to spin truths to market and promote products to the mass quits because of your recent choices, you might have a problem.
And if that's not enough cooks in the kitchen, Bobby Deen is also taking up his own show, "Not My Mama's Meals" which the Cooking Channel has featured on their website.
The public should be outraged at this three-year well-done burger of market ploys that the Food Network and others are shoving down our throats. The Deens should be held accountable for their deep-fried actions. The Deens are a family of greedy, deep-dished, pockets with undercooked morals.
No one should support someone who hid her illness for three years before she came up with a marketing plan to keep her family lathered in butter. And if anyone deserves the terrible side effects of diabetes, she does.
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Comments (30)
I'm wondering who her fan base is. I've always despised Paula Deen. She makes me crawl in my skin, especially her voice. We have to realize that people have their own choices. Yes, I watch the food network. Yes, I watch all the nasty, lovely shows that are "Diners, Dive Inns, and Dives", and "The best thing I've ever had". Do I run out, and eat unhealthily because of those shows? No.
They sure make me crave certain things, but along with a good work out... and mostly a healthy diet, I am able to keep myself feeling good and looking good. No one has complete control over someone else's judgement. And it should not be taken that way.
But I do not think that anyone has the right to say that she deserves any medical condition. She'll pay the consequences for what she has done, and will continue to do so the rest of her life. There are no worries there.
She isn't holding a gun to anyone's head. No one has to cook or eat the food. No one is forced to buy the medicine she is advertising.
Is this a joke?! Honestly. And you think she's a bad person.. wow.
Wow. Hater much?
What an interesting point of view- you have an obligation to let the public know what is going on with your health. Hm. And you'd better not make the best of it with a financial opportunity. Love it.
You know, I think that poor people deserve the heart disease and diabetes that comes with obesity. You know, from eating all of that crap they do. Also, Africans deserve the long and painful death of AIDS. They should keep it in their pants, geez.
You don't have to feel sorry for her. You don't have to buy her books. But saying that she deserves the pain is a bit rich. I think she knows that her lifestyle contributed to her getting this disease- and SHE is the one who will have to live with it now, not you. Isn't that enough?
By the way, butter's got nothing to do with diabetes- it's sugar. She can eat all the butter she wants, even now. Unless it's in cake. So, I think there's been two posts on this subject now, y'all should work on getting that right. Or is it because she's open about her love of fat and you want to make it seem even more like she's asking for it?
ohhh i forgot butter causes type 2 diabetes *eye roll*.
@WaitingToShrug@xanga - THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!! i don't know why the hell people think butter and fat causes diabetes. mass marketing maybe? people always want to hate on those that eat fats..especially *gasp* butter! and beef! oh my!
@FREETOLOSE@xanga - LOL, you're welcome! :D
@WaitingToShrug@xanga - THIS, to a certain extent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't obesity/being overweight a big contributor to Type 2 Diabetes? If it is, then aren't calorically dense foods sort of a factor as well? I know that Diabetes is an insulin disorder, so it makes you unable to process sugar properly, but if she hadn't been eating deep fried truck loads of butter for years, it's possible she wouldn't have Diabetes, right?
I do agree that it's a bit excessive to say that she deserves the pain and trouble though.
@leave_it_lovelier@lovelyish - You're not wrong, lifestyle does contribute to Type 2 diabetes. In fact, some people contend that, while there is a genetic component to it, Type 2 can be completely controlled by lifestyle choices. This book argues that fat is fine for diabetics to eat, and that exercise and avoiding sugar are the most important components for controlling diabetes. So, my answer to you is that yes, obesity contributes to diabetes, but high-caloric foods, as long as they are free of sugar and as long as the person maintains a healthy weight, do not.
My main problem with the whole "she deserves it" is because the tone is so vicious. Like, the poster sounds like they mean that she deserves it because she is an evil, bad person, not because she earned it through years of poor lifestyle habits. I think it's really hatred of success driving the attitude that shines through in this post, and hatred of success is something I can't stand or understand.
I never liked Paula Dean... and wow, I didn't know she was going to start endorsing a drug for diabetes. She reminds me of the Kardashians... they all remain at the top because society puts them all on a pedestal. I don't care that Paula Dean didn;t disclose her disease for three years... like, whose business is it anyway? But I can't stand the lady regardless.. I hear she's an evil wench, too.
@WaitingToShrug@xanga - We're definitely on the same page.
So she cook unhealthy food, yet you're al eating it and questioning other Americans. Silly people! :P
butter and fat causes diabetes.So, my answer to you is that yes, obesity contributes to diabetes, but high-caloric foods, as long as they are free of sugar and as long as the person maintains a healthy weight, do not.
Jewelry cardsMetal labelsFabric labelsZip PullersBarcode labelsShoes hangersMetal buttonsJewelry tagsSize hangersshoes hooks@WaitingToShrug@xanga - THIS.
no one should be obligated to tell us about their personal health issues.
and to my knowledge, she never claimed her food was healthy, just delicious.
She doesn't eat any differently than the majority of Americans. That's what got her where she is now. And if you can honestly say you had NO IDEA that a diet like that can cause health problems, pull your head out of your ass already and use some common sense.
To say she is obligated to tell the public about HER health is insane. And it's even more insane to say that she can't use it to her advantage.
Considering she has to suffer with knowing she brought this illness upon herself, she might as well make a profit off of it. Anyone else would if they could.
Paula Dean is far less harmful to society in general than the legions of calorie counting, health-food obsessed wackos who are encouraging us all to see all the experiences life has to offer only in terms of food outtake and food outtake. Seriously, this is how lots of young women and girls especially are starting to think. And it makes me fucking sick. You can eat anything you please as long as you keep yourself nutritious and excersize proportionally to what you eat. Diet is not a substitute for excersize. We're all going to die someday. Pass the burgers.
I don't blame Paula Dean in the least for Americans with diabetes. Americans have been eating unhealthily way before Paula Dean came along and will continue to do so. The sad thing is in my mind, and Paula Dean is may be ignorant of this, is that many people can reverse their diabetes....yes cure it....by exercise and a healthy diet. No need for drugs at all!
Paula Dean, do some research.
Was it really necessary to make a stab at Bush?
I've always thought she was cute lol but um seeing her cook unhealthily doesn't make me want to run out and eat a burger inbetween two doughnuts -_- I think this was a really hateful post. She ate unhealthy. She got diabetes. Why do you care? I don't think anybody is dumb enough to be like "OMG PAULA DEEN IS EATING BADLY SO CAN I!!!" and if they are, well you can write another long post about how they deserve whatever bad thing happens to them.
I think you need a hobby.
Ok here's the really simplified version. Calories cause excess weight. BUT insulin is needed in order to store calories. Sugar is needed to produce insulin (unless you use a drug). If you ate nothing except butter, you would not be able to store most of the calories from it. That is why type ONE diabetics lose a ton of weight before being diagnosed because they bodies are not making insulin. Do some research. Fat makes you fat is *SO* 25 years ago. I agree that she made herself fat with her eating, but I'm sick and tried of people still blaming fat in general. Oh and NO ONE should be eating trans fats - because its a chemical. Eat butter, your body knows how to digest it. Same goes for refined sugar, we don't' need it at all and shouldn't be eating it.
Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8dWNbEscOw&feature=relmfu
and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSeSTq-N4U4
Butter is so much better for you than Margarine.
this is really poorly written.... "spearing-heading"--- really?
No one's forcing you to buy her books, cook her recipes, buy her products, read her magazines, or watch her shows. You don't have to like her, but nobody DESERVES diabetes.
You aren't wrong. Type II diabetes runs in my family too and if my dad had watched his weight, he probably wouldn't have it. She kind of did bring this on herself, eating so much butter, sugar, and carbohydrates over the years.