Vegetarian Star

Paula Deen should place a plastic replica of vegan butter in her museum, according to the pro-vegetarian group Physicians for the Commitee for Responsible Medicine.

PCRM has written a letter to one of the officials for the soon to be built museum in Georgia asking it serve completely plant-based foods in its cafe.

The group emphasizes how Deen has turned her health around by making some simple changes in her diet, losing weight and taking control of her Type 2 diabetes.

A vegetarian or vegan diet can do similar wonders for health, and the museum cafe is the perfect place to promote Deen’s southern cuisine and new healthier attitude with vegan versions of classics like macaroni and cheese, greens and cornbread.

“Ms. Deen’s diabetes diagnosis mirrors the toll traditional high-fat Southern cooking takes on many Georgians. Between 2000 and 2010, diabetes prevalence among Georgia adults increased by 43 percent. In 2010, the prevalence of diabetes among Georgia adults was 9.7 percent. And at more than 11.1 percent, the prevalence is significantly greater in Albany.”

“A low-fat plant-based diet can help prevent and reverse all of these diseases, including diabetes. The Physicians Committee’s study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in Diabetes Care, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that a low-fat, plant-based diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains treats type 2 diabetes more effectively than a conventional “diabetes diet”—and even more effectively than typical oral medications.”

Read the entire letter from the PCRM at Eater.

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