Paula Deen, the Food Network TV star notable for both her Southern drawl and butter-and-cream-drenched recipes, is fighting type 2 diabetes, she announced Tuesday.
Her partner in that fight is Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk. The two have launched a new website — diabetesinanewlight.com — where the cooking show host and author is paid by Novo Nordisk to talk about her life with type 2 diabetes. The website also shares low-fat versions of her famously high-calorie recipes. Her sons, who often take part in her cooking shows being in the food business themselves, also offer healthy cooking tips on the website.
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As sponsor, Novo Nordisk gets to highlight its diabetes-management drug Victoza, which Deen herself is taking, and provide information on the disease.
There is a direct link between eating high-fat foods and obesity, one factor tied to the onset of type 2 diabetes, but despite the diagnosis, it doesn’t appear that Deen will alter her recipes on the show. Practice moderation is what Deen plans to tell her audience.
Ah, if it were that easy …
