Paula Deen is on a health kick, y’all!After lying low following her 2013 scandal, the country chef is back with a new low-fat cookbook, a new podcast and a brand-new outlook on her diet.
But after a follow-up doctor’s appointment, the chef relented: ” ‘Okay, I really am diabetic.’ At that point, I went home to my kitchen and I threw out everything that was white. White bread, white rice, white potatoes, white pasta. I did that for four months, y’all! Just four months.”
The result? “I lost 35 or 40 pounds and now I’ve brought everything back into my kitchen, just like anybody’s kitchen,” Deen, 68, said. “But the thing that I’m really trying to focus on is moderation. Moderation. Moderation. Eat a cookie, just don’t eat six of ‘em! Because no one wants to go their whole life thinking they can never have anything good again.”
Famous for her love of butter, Deen has let some of her comfort-food favorites back in the kitchen – especially when she’s having a tough day. “I love to bake cakes and cookies. If I’m stressed, that’s one of the ways I handle it because I get lost in all those wonderful flavors, and then, poor Michael [my husband] comes in and has to face six or eight cakes,” she told Dr. Oz. “He said, ‘Oh, my god, you got to get through whatever’s bothering you quick.’ ”
And how does she know the right amount to use? Well, for the chef, it has to pass the visual and taste test. “I do a lot of eye and tongue,” she explained, to which Dr. Oz replied, “That can be misinterpreted, you know?”
Deen’s answer: “I know. A lot of things I say can be misinterpreted.”
–Michelle Ward
source: people.com
