Famous People with Diabetes

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Permalink Reply by Mike on February 22, 2008 at 8:42pm

Elliot Yamin (American Idol... actually met him at a restaurant in Beverly Hills and didn't know who he was), Elizabeth Perkins (actress on Weeds)...

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Permalink Reply by Barbara M on February 22, 2008 at 9:09pm

I didn't know that. Wow.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on February 23, 2008 at 5:53am

Oooooh. I am envious.

I'm not the sort of person who gets into celebrities, but I love Elliott Yamin.

He does a lot of volunteer work for JDRF.

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Permalink Reply by BBach on September 27, 2008 at 9:53am

Elizabeth Perkins also starred in Big with Tom hanks

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Permalink Reply by Unicornzzz on February 22, 2008 at 9:19pm

I did not think it was Jean Smart I thought it was Delta Burke. She was the one that was the beauty queen.

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Permalink Reply by rainbowgoddess on February 22, 2008 at 9:42pm

Jean Smart has Type 1, and Delta Burke has Type 2.

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Permalink Reply by rainbowgoddess on February 22, 2008 at 9:22pm

The actress on Designing Women is Jean Smart.

There's Bobby Clarke, and there's another NHL hockey player who has diabetes and I can't remember his name off the top of my head.

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Permalink Reply by Barbara M on February 22, 2008 at 10:06pm

Hey you are right in her name. I had a video my doctor gave me and she was promoting her story and the product at the time. I don't remember the product now. Thank you Rainbow Goddess, that was driving me crazy!

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Permalink Reply by Sara on February 22, 2008 at 9:31pm

Halle Barry, anybody? Oh wait, her diabetes cured itself. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Barbara M on February 22, 2008 at 10:07pm

Really?

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Permalink Reply by celadon9 on October 15, 2008 at 7:13pm

Oh no-I'm almost POSITIVE that Halle Barry is Type 1. A VERY high protein diet with a great deal of exercise will greatly lower your insulin requirements, to almost NOTHING -however-the protein is also kidney failure just waiting in the wings

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on January 17, 2009 at 10:22am

True enough, and lack of carbohydrates is hard on the brain, too. But I can't believe she's type 1, she's got to be type 2--if she were type 1, she'd be producing no insulin at all, and there's no way ANYONE is going to survive long without insulin, even on a super-low carb diet. She'd be passing out left, right and center.

Although, it would explain why she's so skinny... Easy to stay skinny if you're type 1 and not taking insulin, because you just pee away all your sugars, no fat gets stored... of course, you also eventually become blind, comatose, and have your extremities amputated... kind of a major drawback... particularly for a celebrity...

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