Paula Deen Has Diabetes. PS. SO WHAT?

 Much better than I ever imagined I would be.  :)

She always says that a southern woman keeps her hair high and her expectations low! Haha!

1) I wish the mods would change the title of this post...it's DIABETES not "the Betes" or "the sugar".
2) And she developed it, she didn't catch it (GET).
3) Using butter is NOT a bad thing for diabetics as long as most of what they consume is protein and fat (JUST like a DS'er).
4) We have no clue what she has done in her personal life to change how she eats.
5) While the RNY is used for treating diabetes, the statistics are in favor of having a DS. One the remission rate is higher for the DS, and the chance of RH is almost non-existent  (I said ALMOST).
6) I thought personal attacks were against the TOS (unless they aren't a member, I guess).

The lifestyle of a DS'er is also the best one for ssomeone who has diabetes.

And there is a genetic component to type 2...not everyone who is fat has diabetes, but a good portion of type 2's are fat...so did obesity cause diabetes or did diabetes cause obesity? IF obesity caused diabetes, than far more obese people would be diabetic. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1667/

That article includes a HUGE list of genetic factors that predispose someone to diabetes.

• Chapter 3. Genetic Factors in Type 2 Diabetes Created: July 7, 2004.
  • The Sulfonylurea Receptor (ABCC8)
  • The Calpain 10 Enzyme (CAPN10)
  • The Glucagon Receptor (GCGR)
  • The Enzyme Glucokinase (GCK)
  • The Glucose Transporter GLUT2
  • The Transcription Factor HNF4A
  • The Insulin Hormone (INS)
  • The Insulin Receptor (INSR)
  • The Potassium Channel KCNJ11
  • The Enzyme Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL)
  • The Transcription Factor PPARG
  • The Regulatory Subunit of a Phosphorylating Enzyme (PIK3R1)

So just because someone is obese, does not automatically make them diabetic.

In my own family, of four girls (I'm the oldest), I am the ONLY one who is diabetic, and yet three of the four of us were obese. I say were as my BMI is now midrange normal. So of a 75% rate of obesity between the four of us, only 33% (me) became diabetic.

Liz

Shouldn't be an issue to change as I didn't quote your original post...whoever did tho may be who is stopping it from being changed.

Liz

How about  "I'm sorry I didn't mean it, I was trying to be witty but instead came off as being insensitive about type 2 diabetes and  I apologize".

Just suggesting it, there's a lot of peeps here who have/had type 2 and take it very seriously. So that's like going to an obesity convention and making fat jokes.