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Paula Deen Should Turn Lemons Into Lemonade
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Ubiquitous
Feb 2, 2012, 5:36:58 AM2/2/12
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Dear Paula Deen,
I can't stop thinking about you. Worrying, really, because from the text
of your tweets it sounds like you aren't really on board for the
lifestyle overhaul your diabetes diagnosis demands. I am sure you are
stressed too from the public relations debacle your affiliation with a
pharmaceutical company is causing. Oh, and people are upset about the
three years you kept silent about your disease while continuing to pitch
disease causing foods on all those morning shows.
But how about turning lemons into lemonade (preferably sweetened with
just a touch of stevia)! You can still come out of this not only saving
your life but potentially the lives of many of your followers. Now that
is powerful! Talk about an Oprah moment. We may even have to update that
expression to a "Paula Deen" moment. What a beautiful turnaround of
events!
Diabetes is an American problem and unfortunately, you are not alone. 24
million American adults and children have diabetes, an increase of more
than 3 million people in two years. 74 million people today have
pre-diabetes, a condition that puts a person at an increased risk of
developing the disease. It was this rapid and alarming increase in
diabetes and obesity that led to the now too common lament that for the
first time in history, younger generations are on a course to lead
shorter life spans than their predecessors.
Back to your situation. I urge you to grab this teachable moment with all
the gusto, charm and humor which you have used to turn a poor but
determined lunch lady into a multimillion dollar celebrity chef. Paula,
this problem, yours and America's, won't be solved with a prescription
from the pharmacy. But it can be solved with changes in the way you --
all of us -- cook, and eat.
Read the studies, watch the documentary Forks Over Knives, get really
serious about what you are promoting in your recipes. We need to eat less
fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories and get our bodies working
right. Be the example America needs.
--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."
I can't stop thinking about you. Worrying, really, because from the text
of your tweets it sounds like you aren't really on board for the
lifestyle overhaul your diabetes diagnosis demands. I am sure you are
stressed too from the public relations debacle your affiliation with a
pharmaceutical company is causing. Oh, and people are upset about the
three years you kept silent about your disease while continuing to pitch
disease causing foods on all those morning shows.
But how about turning lemons into lemonade (preferably sweetened with
just a touch of stevia)! You can still come out of this not only saving
your life but potentially the lives of many of your followers. Now that
is powerful! Talk about an Oprah moment. We may even have to update that
expression to a "Paula Deen" moment. What a beautiful turnaround of
events!
Diabetes is an American problem and unfortunately, you are not alone. 24
million American adults and children have diabetes, an increase of more
than 3 million people in two years. 74 million people today have
pre-diabetes, a condition that puts a person at an increased risk of
developing the disease. It was this rapid and alarming increase in
diabetes and obesity that led to the now too common lament that for the
first time in history, younger generations are on a course to lead
shorter life spans than their predecessors.
Back to your situation. I urge you to grab this teachable moment with all
the gusto, charm and humor which you have used to turn a poor but
determined lunch lady into a multimillion dollar celebrity chef. Paula,
this problem, yours and America's, won't be solved with a prescription
from the pharmacy. But it can be solved with changes in the way you --
all of us -- cook, and eat.
Read the studies, watch the documentary Forks Over Knives, get really
serious about what you are promoting in your recipes. We need to eat less
fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories and get our bodies working
right. Be the example America needs.
--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."
Patricia Martin Steward
Feb 6, 2012, 6:01:35 PM2/6/12
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On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:36:58 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:
fairly low-carb.
wrote:
>
> We need to eat less
>fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories and get our bodies working
>right. Be the example America needs.
We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
> We need to eat less
>fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories and get our bodies working
>right. Be the example America needs.
fairly low-carb.
Ubiquitous
Feb 8, 2012, 8:55:11 PM2/8/12
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shawn
Feb 8, 2012, 9:59:29 PM2/8/12
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:55:11 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:
>pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
>>On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:36:58 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>>wrote:
>
>>> We need to eat less fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories
>>> and get our bodies working right. Be the example America needs.
>>
>>We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>>fairly low-carb.
>
>There are people who still believe that?
So long as it works I'm sure people will believe it. The problem is
that it's not a good diet for the long term but it's probably not too
bad if you use it for a month or two as a means of bringing down your
weight.
(Never tried it myself but I've seen enough reports on people losing
weight if they stick to it to believe it works as one part of a weight
loss program. Of course they also say that going on a near starvation
diet is a great way to lengthen your life but to me it seems like a
great way to make your life seem to last longer.)
wrote:
>pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
>>On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:36:58 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>>wrote:
>
>>> We need to eat less fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories
>>> and get our bodies working right. Be the example America needs.
>>
>>We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>>fairly low-carb.
>
>There are people who still believe that?
that it's not a good diet for the long term but it's probably not too
bad if you use it for a month or two as a means of bringing down your
weight.
(Never tried it myself but I've seen enough reports on people losing
weight if they stick to it to believe it works as one part of a weight
loss program. Of course they also say that going on a near starvation
diet is a great way to lengthen your life but to me it seems like a
great way to make your life seem to last longer.)
Mason Barge
Feb 9, 2012, 11:05:21 AM2/9/12
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:59:29 -0500, shawn <nanof...@gNOTmail.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:55:11 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>wrote:
>
>>pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
>>>On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:36:58 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>>>wrote:
>>
>>>> We need to eat less fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories
>>>> and get our bodies working right. Be the example America needs.
>>>
>>>We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>>>fairly low-carb.
>>
>>There are people who still believe that?
>
>So long as it works I'm sure people will believe it. The problem is
>that it's not a good diet for the long term but it's probably not too
>bad if you use it for a month or two as a means of bringing down your
>weight.
The real problem is that most people cannot stick to a starvation diet.
>On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:55:11 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>wrote:
>
>>pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
>>>On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:36:58 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
>>>wrote:
>>
>>>> We need to eat less fat, less meat, less dairy, burn more calories
>>>> and get our bodies working right. Be the example America needs.
>>>
>>>We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>>>fairly low-carb.
>>
>>There are people who still believe that?
>
>So long as it works I'm sure people will believe it. The problem is
>that it's not a good diet for the long term but it's probably not too
>bad if you use it for a month or two as a means of bringing down your
>weight.
The whole "low fat diet" craze in the nutritional community was a bad
joke.
As far as I can tell, a high-calorie low-carb diet is better in the long
term than a high-calorie diet full of refined carbohydrates. But it is
hard to get disciplined studies (and therefore valid information), due to
the extreme bias of most researchers.
Patricia Martin Steward
Feb 14, 2012, 3:49:49 PM2/14/12
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>pat...@notterranews.com wrote:
>>
>>We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>>fairly low-carb.
>
>There are people who still believe that?
Clearly -- you could look 'em up on a carb counter, sweetie.
>>
>>We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>>fairly low-carb.
>
>There are people who still believe that?
Sarah B
Feb 14, 2012, 5:45:43 PM2/14/12
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On Feb 6, 6:01 pm, Patricia Martin Steward <pats...@notterranews.com>
wrote:
> We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
> fairly low-carb.
Dairy/Milk isn't low-carb. It's full of sugar (12g per cup) - it's
very HIGH carb. In fact there's absolutely no reason why a human past
weaning should drink milk. The whole "milk is healthy" thing was
created by the Dairy Council many years ago. It's an advertising ploy
- not true.
Humans are the ONLY animals in nature who consume milk past weaning.
Yes, cats drink milk, but they like the taste - their bodies can't
process what's in it. Milk is total junk food to a cat. In fact most
cats are lactose intolerant, just like a lot of people.
wrote:
> We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
> fairly low-carb.
very HIGH carb. In fact there's absolutely no reason why a human past
weaning should drink milk. The whole "milk is healthy" thing was
created by the Dairy Council many years ago. It's an advertising ploy
- not true.
Humans are the ONLY animals in nature who consume milk past weaning.
Yes, cats drink milk, but they like the taste - their bodies can't
process what's in it. Milk is total junk food to a cat. In fact most
cats are lactose intolerant, just like a lot of people.
Patricia Martin Steward
Feb 15, 2012, 5:42:19 PM2/15/12
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On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:45:43 -0800 (PST), Sarah B
<sarah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Feb 6, 6:01 pm, Patricia Martin Steward <pats...@notterranews.com>
>wrote:
>
>> We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>> fairly low-carb.
>
>Dairy/Milk isn't low-carb. It's full of sugar (12g per cup) - it's
>very HIGH carb.
True -- which is why I said "most dairy." And why I don't drink milk.
<sarah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Feb 6, 6:01 pm, Patricia Martin Steward <pats...@notterranews.com>
>wrote:
>
>> We need to eat fewer CARBS -- fat, meat, and most dairy are actually
>> fairly low-carb.
>
>Dairy/Milk isn't low-carb. It's full of sugar (12g per cup) - it's
>very HIGH carb.
However, half-and-half has fewer carbs than milk. Light cream has
fewer carbs than half-and-half. And heavy cream has even fewer!
Many's the time I've had fresh-ground coffee with cream and sweetener
for dessert. It's yummy.
Adam H. Kerman
Feb 15, 2012, 5:46:35 PM2/15/12
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