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Why Has The Paula Deen Diabetes Diagnosis Gotten So Many People Angry?
It's been more than a week now since the Food Channel's southern cooking chef Paula Deen announced to everyone that she was diagnosed 3 years ago with Type 2 diabetes. She rendered the announcement last Tuesday, January 17th to Al Roker on NBC's Today Show.
I have had a chance to read some of the reaction to her announcement and it seems that in some circles, Paula Deen ranks barely behind Hitler and Osama Bin Laden on the world's most hated people listing! Comments included terms including greedy, liar, no ethics or scruples and "YOU ARE THE DEVIL".
All of this impassioned reaction, I must confess, makes ME WANT TO SCREAM!!! Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. Paula Deen is a chef on a cable TV network show that's purpose is to supply ENTERTAINMENT. She spends one hour each week for 30 weeks showing people how to create foods that TASTE good. If enjoyed in moderation, a Paula Deen recipe will harm no one.
If only more people would get this upset with the politicians that get on television and spread lies all day and night and then pass laws that actually affect our lives. I wish the same media that gives so much coverage keeping Paula Deen accountable for cooking fatty foods on her "entertainment show" would keep these same politicians accountable for their passage of "pork filled bills" in the middle of the night time. Government "pork" has harmed way more people than Paula Deen could ever with her entertainment show, and yet she is the "DEVIL" to some!
In my opinion, this type of response to the Paula Deen announcement lies at the core of just why there is an obesity epidemic in this country. It's not because greedy dishonest cable TV entertainment chefs like Paula Deen are forcing fats down our throats. It's quite simply because we have made the choice to eat more calories every day than we burn off, and fail to participate in regular physical activity.
If we have obese children, and we are accountable for their diets and activities, it's because we've chosen to feed them more calories each day than they burn off and neglect to make sure they engage in frequent physical activity. If we have fat dogs and fat cats for pets, it is because we choose to feed them more calories than they burn off and also fail to make sure they get enough frequent physical activity.
This is not rocket science. There's an obesity problem in the United States because of the choices we make about eating and exercising. If we really want to solve this issue and improve our quality of life, we need to stop looking for individuals to blame all the time like Paula Deen and assume responsibility ourselves.
Finally, in regards to Type 2 diabetes. There are many factors that decide whether or not someone will have it or not. These kinds of factors include genetics, age, stress, weight, diet and exercise. Diabetes is not caused by any individual one of these factors, nor is it caused by Paula Deen and her entertainment food preparation show.
There are numerous weight loss and exercise programs out there that will work if you work them. Enjoying a healthy diet, keeping your weight in check and getting regular exercise will do wonders to control Type 2 diabetes and in some cases cure it.