Vegan diet may help diabetic patients
The next session of the free online program begins April 2. The program challenges meat eaters to abstain from consuming animal products for 21 days.
Can you imagine our Southern butter princess going on some weirdo Yankee diet?
Don’t be so quick to judge.
Levin is a Southern girl from Alabama who grew up on the same traditional pork-rich diet that Deen was raised on.
In fact, Levin doesn’t take kindly to anyone bad-mouthing Deen.
“Nobody should be waving their finger at Paula Deen. She’s a typical American. She eats a really bad diet and the result is she gets diabetes. … To point a finger at her would be pretty hypocritical. She is us,” Levin said.
Levin knows making diet changes can be challenging and resisting grandma’s fried chicken can cause family friction.
“In the South we have many traditions to be very proud of. Health isn’t really one of them,” Levin said.
She doesn’t blame traditional Southern foods, though, she blames preparation methods.