Paula Deen on the Today Show - what's your opinion?

I know everything that I have learned, researched and talk over with a group of Naturopathic and Chiropractic Dr's and even my own Endocrinologist and General Practitioner.

I have learned so much from them. Like the HPV vaccine, my GYN will not even mention it at all to anyone that comes in her office because she has shown me and others how dangerous that vaccine really is. It needs to be taken off the market and I hope it will after these lawsuits are settled.

I don't particularly like the way she uses so much butter in everything she cooks, but I do have a personal story about Paula Dean.

My fiance's sister's house burned down in April 2011 and she lost everything (no house insurance either). She and her family salvaged what they could after the firemen and everything came and put the fire out. She had Paula Dean pots and pans and was able to save those. She cleaned them up and they were like brand spankin new. She wrote a comment on Paula Dean's website somewhere about how she loved Paula Dean's cookware because it could survive a housefire, etc.

Anyways, the next day Paula Dean's assistant sent Paula an email or called her or something to let her know the story and Paula said she really wanted to do something for that family. So Paula's assistant called my fiance's sister and got her mailing address and everything and she ended up sending her every line of pots and pans and bakeware that she has out (including the new line that wasn't yet released), every cookbook she's ever made complete with autographs and personal 4x6 photos of Paula and her sons (autographed as well).

Anyway, you may not like her take on type 2 diabetes, or her take on cooking with an absurd amount of butter, but I really feel that from this experience I can say that I think she is a great person, and it was a very nice thing for her to do for that family. :-)

I don't particularly like the way she uses so much butter in everything she cooks, but I do have a personal story about Paula Dean.

My fiance's sister's house burned down in April 2011 and she lost everything (no house insurance either). She and her family salvaged what they could after the firemen and everything came and put the fire out. She had Paula Dean pots and pans and was able to save those. She cleaned them up and they were like brand spankin new. She wrote a comment on Paula Dean's website somewhere about how she loved Paula Dean's cookware because it could survive a housefire, etc.

Anyways, the next day Paula Dean's assistant sent Paula an email or called her or something to let her know the story and Paula said she really wanted to do something for that family. So Paula's assistant called my fiance's sister and got her mailing address and everything and she ended up sending her every line of pots and pans and bakeware that she has out (including the new line that wasn't yet released), every cookbook she's ever made complete with autographs and personal 4x6 photos of Paula and her sons (autographed as well).

Anyway, you may not like her take on type 2 diabetes, or her take on cooking with an absurd amount of butter, but I really feel that from this experience I can say that I think she is a great person, and it was a very nice thing for her to do for that family. :-)

That was super sweet! & I agree!

Paula makes me sick! She is always talking about her hometown Albany, GA and Stripling's. Well I have lived about 20 minutes from Albany, GA all my life. I have never heard anyone talk with an accent as heavy as hers. It is just a put on. We do occasionally say y'all, but not 15 times in 15 minutes. We do cook southern food but not with as much butter as she advocates. We also cook lots of greens: collards, turnips, and mustard greens. We cook dried peas and beans as well. These are staples in the area I live in. These are actually healthy foods that I have never seen her cook. I think she has made people think we south Georgians are dumb, fat, and cook with every unhealthy ingredient we can find. I cannot stand to watch her show and was even more disappointed when I saw her on the Today show this morning. Please do not judge all southerners by her!

I can hardly believe what I'm reading... on a *fitness* web site.

Paul Deen the woman and Paula Deen the industry may be somewhat different things, heart-warming stories aside.

In point of fact, there are consequences to what the woman has chosen to be very publicly (and very lucratively) associated with and sponsor, in a crisis period of public health in industrialized countries.

Paula Deen the industry happens to market, sponsor and encourage the consumption of food that makes a lot of people fat and sick, and a small few very, very rich.

No one can honestly be surprised that such an enterprising woman would make her own decline in health an lucrative opportunity to shill for another industry that profits from the public health crisis: pharmaceuticals.

What about diet plans that include ridiculous things like preg women pee or "colon cleanse"? Or eating like a caveman/women. The diet industry is preying on the same people in the exact same way. At least she's honest about what she eats, cooks and her health.

I can hardly believe what I'm reading... on a *fitness* web site.

Paul Deen the woman and Paula Deen the industry may be somewhat different things, heart-warming stories aside.

In point of fact, there are consequences to what the woman has chosen to be very publicly (and very lucratively) associated with and sponsor, in a crisis period of public health in industrialized countries.

Paula Deen the industry happens to market, sponsor and encourage the consumption of food that makes a lot of people fat and sick, and a small few very, very rich.

No one can honestly be surprised that such an enterprising woman would make her own decline in health an lucrative opportunity to shill for another industry that profits from the public health crisis: pharmaceuticals.

THIS. OH MY GOD, THIS.

You've hit the nail on the head here. No one can be surprised by this business deal she's concocted with Novo Nordisk. She has sold a product for years, this product made her sick, she HID this sickness while she continued to sell the dangerous product, and now, she's continuing to sell the same product, but rebranded, along with the pharmaceutically lucrative medicine for the sickness she's still propagating.

I put in my 2 cents on my blog: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/GCNerd

I can hardly believe what I'm reading... on a *fitness* web site.

Paul Deen the woman and Paula Deen the industry may be somewhat different things, heart-warming stories aside.

In point of fact, there are consequences to what the woman has chosen to be very publicly (and very lucratively) associated with and sponsor, in a crisis period of public health in industrialized countries.

Paula Deen the industry happens to market, sponsor and encourage the consumption of food that makes a lot of people fat and sick, and a small few very, very rich.

No one can honestly be surprised that such an enterprising woman would make her own decline in health an lucrative opportunity to shill for another industry that profits from the public health crisis: pharmaceuticals.

THIS. OH MY GOD, THIS.

You've hit the nail on the head here. No one can be surprised by this business deal she's concocted with Novo Nordisk. She has sold a product for years, this product made her sick, she HID this sickness while she continued to sell the dangerous product, and now, she's continuing to sell the same product, but rebranded, along with the pharmaceutically lucrative medicine for the sickness she's still propagating.

I put in my 2 cents on my blog: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/GCNerd

^^THIS. I so agree.

I'm in nursing and I work with diabetics every day. If she wants to eat nothing but crap and have her condition decline thats her choice. Diabetes is an extremely common disease. I'm not surprised by this AT ALL. Just look at her and the food she makes on her show. I watched it one day for like 2 minutes and have never turned it back on, because i don't want to be horribly unhealthy (food looks amazing though). Everyone makes their own personal choices regarding their health and whether or not you agree with it, it's really none of your damn business what they choose to do.

I like Paula Deen. I did not see the show today but
I think she may just be uneducated on how important diet and exerise is. Knowledge is power!

I hope she realizes this soon.

I am assuming you did not see her on Dr Oz either? Trust me, she knows, she refuses!!

Who cares? It's her choice. People make it every day. If i get diagnosed with diabetes, give me the freakin drugs. I wouldn't want to give up every food I love either.

Um, it sounds like she said nothing of the sort. I watched the entire clip. For starters, she looks like she's lost some weight. Secondly, she mentioned several contributing factors to developing type 2 diabetes (including unhealthy diet). Thirdly, she said that she encourages people to eat things like she cooks on her show in moderation and that she does not eat the way she cooks on her show all the time. Because it's a show and it's for entertainment, and she specifically stated that she would not encourage people to eat that way daily. She said that she's never eaten that way daily. Lastly, she encouraged people to get with their doctors and get tested for diabetes and to develop a plan that worked for them to treat it.

Nothing she said on the show was irresponsible.