Paula Deen Diabetes: Deen Must Use Less Butter

Paula Deen Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes

Paula Deen, the celebrity chef famous for her high-calorie, deep-fried cooking, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Deen kept her diabetes a secret, but now it's out in the open.

• Type 2 Diabetes: Symptoms & Management
  

Type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity and the over-consumption of fatty foods. Type 2 diabetes cannot be cured, but can be managed.

Paula Deen will have to totally overhaul her brand: she can't very well go on TV and present the foods that are killing her.

Paula Deen: From Butter Queen to Novo Nordisk Spokesperson

Oh, and Paula Deen inked a multi-million dollar deal to be the spokesperson for Novo Nordisk, which manufactures the diabetes medication she's been taking.

Note that our headline is not meant as a joke: if you are diabetic, and you eat what Paula Deen prepares on her show, you'll be in trouble healthwise.

Anthony Bourdain and Barbra Walters have accused Paula Deen of adding to the childhood-obesity epidemic in America. Meanwhile, Paula's son, Bobby Deen, has debuted a more health-conscious cooking show called Not My Mamma's Meals.

Paula Deen runs Lady & Sons in Savannah, Georgia with her sons. Her Cookbook for the Lunch Box Set basically kicks healthy eating in the face.