14 Famous Celebrities Managing Type 2 Diabetes

Photo: Patti LaBelle. Source: Ticket Crusader. 

This Grammy awardee found out she had type 2 diabetes in 1994 after passing out on stage. In 2008, she told People that she was eating pasta and fried chicken before recieving her diagnosis, so her lifestyle had to be altered. She also has diabetes in her family, as LaBelle’s mother also had her leg amputated due to her illness and her uncle also went blind because of it. After her diagnosis, she overhauled her cooking methods and became fit. Now, she calls herself a Divabetic and published three cookbooks with recipes that are diabetic-friendly.