Glenn Beck' s new diet.....

[ldubois7]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03 ... areButtons

[Leah]

I don't mean to be political, but it couldn't have happened to a "better" person. I think it's the first time I am actually glad someone has to suffer with this diet.

Leah

[ldubois7]

Haha! I'm not a fan, but it's nice to get exposure regarding having a very limited & difficult diet.

[Sheila]

Right on, Leah.

Sheila W

[wmonique2]

He is being poisoned? He IS the poison. The law of attraction. Like attracts like.

I just wish his diet was more like mine, which is everything he mentioned and a lot more.

Schadenfreude.


Monique

[Jeanemcl]

I agree...I must admit a small (ok - Large)smile came to me.
Jean

[Zizzle]

Awesome! His list is worse than most of us. ALL sugars, all grains, etc. What could be wring with him??

[Lesley]

Glad to know others feel as I do. I wouldn't give him a recipe if my life depended on it!

[humbird753]

I read this also. He has quite a list of food intolerances. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

Z - I was surprised there was no mention of a diagnosis, and also wonder what it could be.


Paula

[Lesley]

Sorry Paula - He and Rush Limbaugh are the 2 people, so full of poison, that I would happily wish it on.
In fact, if I didn't have as extensive a list as he does, I would say it's the poison that's wrong with him!

[humbird753]

Linda - I agree that it is good to get exposure on restricted/difficult diets. Thanks for your post.

Paula

[Zizzle]

Wow, have you seen the guy's bio? He's a mess!! Deaths/suicides in the family, divorces, drug and alcohol addiction, child with cerebral palsy, and diagnosis of macular dystrophy. Explains a lot!

From Wikipedia:

Personal life

Early years
Glenn Lee Beck was born in Everett, Washington, the son of Mary Clara (née Janssen) and William Beck, who lived in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, at the time of their son's birth.[20][21] The family later moved to Mount Vernon, Washington,[22] where they owned and operated City Bakery in the downtown area.[23] He is descended from German immigrants who came to the United States in the 19th century.[24] Beck was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Mount Vernon.

Glenn and his older sister moved with their mother to Sumner, Washington, attending a Jesuit school[25] in Puyallup. On May 15, 1979, while out on a small boat with a male companion, Beck's mother drowned just west of Tacoma, Washington, in Puget Sound. The man who had taken her out in the boat also drowned. A Tacoma police report stated that Mary Beck "appeared to be a classic drowning victim", but a Coast Guard investigator speculated that she could have intentionally jumped overboard.[25] Beck has described his mother's death as a suicide in interviews during television and radio broadcasts.[25][26]

After their mother's death, Beck and his older sister moved to their father's home in Bellingham, Washington,[27] where Beck graduated from Sehome High School in June 1982.[28] Beck also regularly vacationed with his maternal grandparents, Ed and Clara Janssen, in Iowa.[29] In the aftermath of his mother's death and subsequent suicide of his stepbrother, Beck has said he used "Dr. Jack Daniel's" to cope. At 18, following his high school graduation, Beck relocated to Provo, Utah, and worked at radio station KAYK. Feeling he "didn't fit in", Beck left Utah after six months,[30] taking a job at Washington, D.C.'s WPGC in February 1983.[27]

Adulthood

While working at WPGC, Beck met his first wife, Claire.[32] In 1983, the couple married and had two daughters, Mary and Hannah. Mary developed cerebral palsy as a result of a series of strokes at birth in 1988.[32] The couple divorced in 1994 amid Beck's struggles with substance abuse. He was a recovering alcoholic and drug addict,[33] was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and has described himself as a "borderline schizophrenic."[34][35][36]

By 1994, Beck was suicidal, and imagined shooting himself to the music of Kurt Cobain.[35] He credits Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) with helping him achieve sobriety. He said he stopped drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis in November 1994, the same month he attended his first AA meeting.[35] Beck later said that he had gotten high every day for the previous 15 years, since the age of 16.[27]
In 1996, while working for a New Haven area radio station, Beck took a theology class at Yale University, with a written recommendation from Senator Joe Lieberman, a Yale alumnus who was a fan of Beck's show at the time.[37] Beck enrolled in an "Early Christology" course, but soon withdrew, marking the extent of his post-secondary education.[35][38]

Beck then began a "spiritual quest" in which he "sought out answers in churches and bookstores".[35] As he later recounted in his books and stage performances, Beck's first attempt at self-education involved six wide-ranging authors, comprising what Beck jokingly calls "the library of a serial killer": Alan Dershowitz, Pope John Paul II, Adolf Hitler, Billy Graham, Carl Sagan, and Friedrich Nietzsche.[37] During this time, Beck's Mormon friend and former radio partner Pat Gray argued in favor of the "comprehensive worldview" offered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an offer that Beck rejected until a few years later.[35]
In 1999, Beck married his second wife, Tania.[35] After they went looking for a faith on a church tour together, they[35] joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 1999, partly at the urging of his daughter Mary.[39][40] Beck was baptized by his old friend, and current-day co-worker Pat Gray.[35] Beck and his current wife Tania have had two children together, Raphe (who is adopted) and Cheyenne. Until April 2011, the couple lived in New Canaan, Connecticut, with the four children.[41][42]

Beck announced in July 2010 that he had been diagnosed with macular dystrophy, saying "A couple of weeks ago I went to the doctor because of my eyes, I can't focus my eyes. He did all kinds of tests and he said, 'you have macular dystrophy ... you could go blind in the next year. Or, you might not.'" The disorder can make it difficult to read, drive or recognize faces.[43]

In July 2011, Beck leased a house in the Fort Worth suburb of Westlake, Texas.[3] In 2012, he moved his main TV and radio studios to Dallas, Texas.[44]

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[ldubois7]

Thanks for the info, Zizzle!

We never know what other people are going through, but we can still show some compassion.

[Lesley]

You know, while I can see that he has the background for his illness, whatever it is, and even feel some compassion for the child he was, I cannot ever justify this as an excuse for his being so full of hate, and disseminating it so widely.