Model of Health
As a supermodel, Carol Alt says she was often run-down. Then she switched to a raw diet and regained her energy.
Stacy Adimando
After years on the modeling circuit eating junk food
or nothing at all, Carol Alt converted to raw food and
is now in the prime of health at age 47. Her allergies,
headaches, and chronic indigestion are gone, and she
has what she considers a fail-safe immune system. Her
second raw-food cookbook, The Raw 50 (Clarkson Potter,
2007), features 50 tasty recipes and raves from people
whose health conditions were alleviated by raw food. Alt
tells us how it helped her and how it can help others:
What was your diet like growing up?
My mom cooked pot roast with noodles and frozen vegetables. Or she'd make spaghetti or hot dogs, or heat up TV dinners. Before I started modeling at age 19, I was 5'8" and weighed 165 pounds. How did modeling affect your diet?
Before my first shoot, I was told to lose 15 pounds in three weeks. So I started starving myself and saw fast results. By 1982, I weighed 115 pounds and was 5'10". Did all that starving take a toll?
I remember a shoot in Venezuela when I was in my thirties. There was a 20-year-old girl on set who was energetic and vivacious. Meanwhile, I was exhausted, moody, stressed out-taking nighttime cold medicine to fall asleep and drinking coffee to wake up. I had indigestion and headaches and relied on sugar for energy.
My mom cooked pot roast with noodles and frozen vegetables. Or she'd make spaghetti or hot dogs, or heat up TV dinners. Before I started modeling at age 19, I was 5'8" and weighed 165 pounds. How did modeling affect your diet?
Before my first shoot, I was told to lose 15 pounds in three weeks. So I started starving myself and saw fast results. By 1982, I weighed 115 pounds and was 5'10". Did all that starving take a toll?
I remember a shoot in Venezuela when I was in my thirties. There was a 20-year-old girl on set who was energetic and vivacious. Meanwhile, I was exhausted, moody, stressed out-taking nighttime cold medicine to fall asleep and drinking coffee to wake up. I had indigestion and headaches and relied on sugar for energy.
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