However, I am no longer diabetic – and that did not occur by following the American Diabetic Association's guidelines.
Now just for the record: Paula Deen's signature ingredient, butter, is not the culprit. Butter does NOT cause diabetes. However, wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar – the main ingredients in all those wonderful sweets, and breads, and pastas she whips up so temptingly - DO cause diabetes. I know this from personal experience. I also know - from personal experience - that diabetes can be CURED - REVERSED - by eliminating wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar. I have the lab work (and a happy internist!) to prove it. I know this goes completely against the grain (;->) of much of the nutrition advice many people believe to be gospel because we hear it drilled into our psyches from every possible soapbox.
I did not really believe it totally – even after losing 100 pounds by eliminating wheat, other grains, HFCS, and sugar – because I still had that little idea crawling around in my brain: “Moderation is the key. Just a little won't hurt you, and you are strong enough now to resist over-indulging!” For some people – and I'm one of them – that works like saying to alcoholics, “You've done so well! Surely now just one little sip won't hurt!” And off the wagon they jump!
And, I jumped off my healthy-for-me wagon too, after losing that 100 pounds. What happened then was that I found 85 of them again – they became very close, personal hangers-on.
I climbed back up on my wagon recently – already feel IMMENSELY better, have lost some of those pounds, my feet have quit swelling and hurting, my heart is not racing with even the smallest of exertions, and I am actually in a better place mentally, as well.
I would urge those with doubts or those who are simply interested to look at sites like these:
http://www.atkins.com/Program/Overview/How-and-Why-Atkins-Work.aspx
http://everydaypaleo.com/faq/
This may not be the way of life and health for everybody (although I tend to believe it probably is). I do have family members who I love, respect, and admire greatly, who differ with me on this. But I know after much trial and error, and to the detriment of my health back in those high-carb days, it IS the way for me...and maybe for Paula Deen, too.
