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Would you trust a person to cure your type 2 diabetes who recommended heavily processed meat, used butter, sugar and fat in all foods and then deep-fried the whole thing? Then, this person developed type 2 diabetes herself, kept it a secret for three years and still didn\u2019t change her food promotions.<\/p>\n
Is this someone you\u2019d take health recommendations from? Well, that\u2019s what one of the biggest type 2 diabetes drug brands, Victoza, wants you to do.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s feature article we\u2019ll take an example of Paula Deen’s case of type 2 diabetes and then tell you about four other celebrates who developed type 2 diabetes but took the right actions and now manage or have even completely reversed their diabetes naturally.<\/p>\n
Paula is not someone I\u2019d call a major celebrity. She created cookbooks, including what she called, \u201ctraditional southern recipes.\u201d Her attitude has been \u201ceat whatever makes you happy.\u201d This landed her quite a few interviews and finally her own cooking show.<\/p>\n
For three years after she knew about her diabetes, she kept it a secret while promoting her deadly diet in even more vicious ways than ever. Meanwhile, her agents landed her a contract with Victoza, which is even more dangerous than the diet Paula promotes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn animal studies, Victoza\u00ae caused thyroid tumors\u2014including thyroid cancer\u2014in some rats and mice. It is not known whether Victoza\u00ae causes thyroid tumors or a type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in people which may be fatal if not detected and treated early. While taking Victoza\u00ae, tell your doctor if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, hoarseness, trouble swallowing, or shortness of breath. These may be symptoms of thyroid cancer.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n After announcing her diabetes, Paula has tried to establish herself as a diabetes expert. While still teaching the old recipes, she has a new site that includes \u201cdiabetes information.\u201d Well, the information there is mostly misleading or plain wrong. And the main point of the site seems to be encouraging a diabetes sufferer to keep eating what you want and then take a pill that probably will give you cancer.<\/p>\n If you ask me, this is an example of a greedy, unethical minor celebrity who cares more about making money than the \u201cfans\u201d who trust her.<\/p>\n But there are other celebrities who have taken a different route. They\u2019ve chosen to use their resources to find natural ways to overcome their disease -and they\u2019ve succeeded. I hope they\u2019ll be the examples you follow.<\/p>\n Halle Berry <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Randy Jackson<\/strong><\/p>\n Mike Huckabee<\/strong><\/p>\n Whether or not we agree with Huckabee\u2019s political views, we can all agree with his basic philosophy, which Paula Deen would do well to remember, which is, \u201cDo the right thing!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Patti LaBelle<\/strong><\/p>\n But after passing out on stage, this legendary singer took a 360 degree turn. And not only did she change her own life, she used her celebrity status to promote healthier dieting and natural approaches to type 2 diabetes. She has written several cookbooks teaching people about delicious diabetes-friendly meals.<\/p>\n These are the kind of celebrities that set examples for what we can all do.<\/p>\n Former president Bill Clinton (who is another celebrity who has turned to healthy living) announced recently that diabetes is costing the USA alone about $160 billion a year and it will most likely affect one third of the whole population (men, women and children) by the middle of the century.<\/p>\n This is a horrible waste of money and lives, since, as the examples above show, type 2 diabetes is 100% reversible without using dangerous drugs (that can cause other serious conditions such as cancer). Just think about what we could do with an extra 160 billion dollars.<\/p>\nLets look at some of them:<\/H3><\/p>\n
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This actress is probably the most unlikely person to develop type 2 diabetes. She\u2019s slim, young and lived a pretty healthy lifestyle. In fact, she was first diagnosed with type1 diabetes (which is always considered to require insulin) but after she took the steps to cure herself, her doctors said she must have had type 2 diabetes because type 1 was incurable. Kind of strange logic if you ask me.<\/p>\n
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Being heavily obese with diabetes running in his family, his type 2 diabetes was not so surprising. African Americans are also more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. But by losing lots of weight (using bypass surgery, which I do not recommend), changing his diet around, developing a workout routine and more lifestyle changes, he has reversed most of his symptoms.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mike-2-300x274.png\" "\\"mike")
Former Arkansas governor, former presidential candidate and current Fox news showman, shed 110 pounds after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. He also became a runner and made other lifestyle changes. He\u2019s now in a healthy weight range and has completely reversed his type 2 diabetes<\/strong>. Today, he heavily promotes a healthy lifestyle and uses his small celebrity status to do so. He has written a book about his health journey and how we should teach our children to live healthy from a young age.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/patti_labelle.jpg\" "\\"patti_labelle\\"")
This songstress was in denial about her diabetes risk even if her mother died from the disease at age 58. Patti said she loved her “\u2026twelve-egg potato salad, seven-cheese macaroni and all that stuff that I used to eat like crazy, I was hooked on fried chicken and pasta.”<\/p>\n