Yes, I hate Paula Deen...here's why...

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93. In excess, it may.

Depends on your genetics. It would be the carb content, not the fat content that would make the difference though.

Again, if you read my other posts, you would see I address the overweight issue. If you knew anything at all about the continuum of insulin reistance/type II diabetes you would know that many people who are susceptible to diabetes have insulin resistance that makes it more difficult to keep a normal weight. Eventually their weight edges up, because of their insulin resistance (if you don't know how THAT works, I'd be happy to explain it to you) and their pancreas reaches a tipping point where it can no longer produce the amount of insulin required to keep blood sugar in check. Therefore, one can conclude that the reason 80% of type II diabetes people (if that's true I'd like a link for that please - mind you, with the stupid joke that is called "BMI" anything above skinny is 'overweight') is because they are susceptible to the process that leads to type II diabetes, which is also the same process that causes them to be fat. They are correlated, not causal.

The reason they call it 'known risk factors' has never been explored. Sure people who have type II seem to be overweight. It's like gathering up a bunch of people who have a new strain of influenza and half of them have red hair. Until more is known, or explored, or understood, they say it 'seems' a risk factor MAY be red hair. Totally not the same thing as "if you have red hair you will get this flu".

I like Paula Deen's shows and her recipes look like they are too rich for me and I've never tried one yet. I strongly dislike how it seems she's using her type II as a cash grab, it's disgusting IMO. But I won't go so far as to say she's selling her foods, hoping people get diabetes so she can sell more pharmaceuticals. Seems a little too to me.