Paula Deen Has Diabetes. PS. SO WHAT?

 Your "pot meet kettle" comment was aimed at people, and seemingly at people participating in this thread since that was the topic of discussion. And given there is one one person (to my knowledge) participating in this thread that currently is making money from the WLSFA community, it very much comes across as an attack.   Comments like that are not opinion, they are condemnations.   But whatever. Like you, I don't pay much attention to what Deen does, though I think I did buy a kitchen gadget with her name on it at one point... Not because she endorsed it, it was something I had a use for at the time I saw it in the store.

 YUM!

Another fallacy...the "diabetic diet"

diabetes.webmd.com/diabetes-diet-healthy-diet-basics

Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no "diabetes diet," per se -- and that's good news! The foods recommended for a diabetes diet to control blood glucose (or blood sugar) are good for those with diabetes -- and everyone else. This means that you and your family can eat the same healthy foods at mealtime. However, for people with diabetes, the total amounts of carbohydrates consumed each day must be monitored carefully. Of the different components of nutrition -- carbohydrates, fats, and proteins -- carbohydrates have the greatest influence on blood sugar levels. Most people with diabetes also have to monitor total fat consumption and protein intake, too.

In other words, just adjust your eating to what suits you best...for a great many diabetics, that is a low carb/high protein & high fat way of eating.

Prior to my DS in Oct 2010, I was on an insulin pump as well as metformin (highest dose possible). My a1c in Oct 2010 was 8.2. Three months after my ds, I am off the insulin pump and off the metformin. My a1c was 6.4. In Sept 2011, my a1c was 6 and now it's a 5.9. I do occasionally drink sweet tea now...didn't for almost a decade.

My way of eating hasn't changed from Oct 2010 to now...limited all carbs and those I did have were veggies/salads.

Low carb is a healthy way of eating for diabetics. Butter, milk, bacon, cheese (all FULL fat) are my friends.

Did you know that the lower the fat in a product, the higher the carbs? They have to add flavor somehow.

Liz

Liz

 Unfortunately Liz  theres a wealth of evidence that excess FAT  MAKES  you  diabetic and exacerbates the diabetes   ...but go ahead and ignore those facts .. 

Ava, IF you eat carbs WITH the fat, you are right, but fat is not the culprit, Carbs are....wheat, bread, rolls, bagels, pasta, etc.

And where is this wealth of information you mention about low fat being better...that is a bill of goods sold to everyone and once we bought into it, the obesity rate skyrocketed. They replace low fat with sugar/sugar subsitutes to make up for the lack of taste when lowering the fat.

Here's mine:
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/708418
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/586549
www.mendosa.com/gidigest.htm As to who David Medosa is: As a full-time freelance writer, Mendosa writes about diabetes for a variety of publications, including frequent contributions to the DiabetesWebSite and a regular column for the American Diabetes Association's web site, among other assignments.
forecast.diabetes.org/carbs-enemy
The Low-Carb Approach
When Richard Bernstein, MD, FACE, FACN, started eating a low-carbohydrate diet 40 years ago, he had heart disease and kidney disease, complications of uncontrolled type 1 diabetes. Bernstein says he cut the majority of carbs from his diet, and eventually his complications retreated.

Today, it wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Bernstein, author of Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars, has become low-carb’s greatest cheerleader. Bernstein and others who back the low-carb diet say the best way to keep blood glucose levels low is to avoid raising them in the first place. As the body’s fastest, easiest source of glucose, carbohydrates are the obvious target.
www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx
www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx

And the antidocal evidence of a list owned and run by a Boston Endocrinoligist with 800 + members who advocate low carb NOT low fat.

Those are just recent articles...

Top it off with my best glucose numbers being a result of low or no carbs at a meal, not low fat.

I eat butter (the real kind), bacon, drink whole milk, use bacon grease in my veggies and my last a1c was 5.9 (normal btw).

Liz