Alissa Cohen (Raw food Guru) on Tyra Banks

[allison]

Did anyone get a chance to see the Tyra Banks show today! Alissa Cohen was on the episode was diet wars!
Crazy!!
Allison

[HealthyBiz]

Did anyone get a chance to see the Tyra Banks show today! Alissa Cohen was on the episode was diet wars!
Crazy!!
Allison

Aw...missed it. I wish I'd known ahead of time. Can you give us a synopsis?

[peanutterb]

consulted my good friend google and came across these

http://rawfood.meetup.com/58/boards/...thread=2346226

"Alissa will be challenged to help two Women loose weight in 30 days. Trust me she has been doing this with her eyes closed for years!! Her challengers are Dr. Ian Smith from Celebrity Fit Club and Jillian Michaels from The Biggest Loser."

there is a recap on at http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com but the website made my comp start acting funny so i got over it.
apparently there's a clip too.

[HealthyBiz]

Hey, Thanks!! PB - my search wasn't quite as fruitful. Guess I'll have to practice my google skills! Or borrow your good friend, whichever is easier! Ha! I guess Alissa will be back on for the results - around 30 days from now? Any idea which show?

[peanutterb]

lol I am a super googler.
I just did a search for "alissa cohen tyra banks" and got a bunch of results. my browser started acting funny after tyra's website so i quit looking at stuff.
but it seems like the guy, the doctor said he couldn't live without hamburgers.
and they're testing both methods for weight loss.

i've got two cents tho, if you switch up your diet in any way, take away major stuff like refined sugars, wheat, heavy starches and stuff like that - bread, pasta, pizza, desserts etc, you will lose weight regardless.
I lost weight when i first stopped eating meat and again when i first stopped eating fish, cheese and dairy in early 2005. but then my weight normalized. and i gained, especially because when i first gave up meat I was 11 and didn't know about protein and all that stuff so i just was eating alot of breads and rice and such. I also lost weight when I did a high protein (soy protein) diet for 4 weeks but again, after that, my weight remained constant.

so my point is, the people probably will both lose weight - but what about health? who will be healthier? who will know how to make better food choices? who will keep the weight off?

[peanutterb]

did more research, since there's been more time for people to talk:

http://www.welikeitraw.com/rawfood/2...od_challe.html

"
Alissa Cohen, raw food coach & author extraordinaire, was featured today on the Tyra Banks show (see the clip) in one of the biggest raw food challenges ever! Tyra and her team created a show-down for Alissa and two of America's top diet coaches to educated their viewers on what diets work best.
Alissa was given the challenge of seeing just how big of a transformation she could take two ordinary women through over a period of a few weeks. Alissa's competition, Jillian Michaels (NBC's: Biggest Loser) and Dr. Ian Smith (VH1's: Celebrity Fit Club) were also given the same challenge.

Alissa is clearly the underdog here, but we having nothing but total confidence in her and the raw food diet! This is great new and a BIG win for raw/veg/organic/green/eco/healthy living and eating.

Stay tuned to WLIR for a video of the entire segment and updates to Alissa's progress in kicking some ass - raw style!"

[peanutterb]

http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/thisweek/index.html

Monday, October 30th
"Diet Wars"
Have you tried every crazy diet to lose weight? With an overwhelming number of weight loss programs on the market, Tyra puts three top diets to the test when she challenges six women to lose their extra pounds. With the women divided into teams of two, each pair will follow a diet designed by “Celebrity Fit Club’s� Dr. Ian Smith, tough love Jillian Michaels from “The Biggest Loser� or the queen of raw food, Alissa Cohen. All three weight loss experts claim their plan is easier and better than the other two! Find out which diet yields the most dramatic results when the six women return to show off their progress."


there's also a link to a clip

[capricorn]

Alissa's website is:

http://www.alissacohen.com - her online store also sells agave nectar

[peanutterb]

got two cents:
it's tough to compare different diets on different people
1. their body make up is unique
2. their past eating styles are different
3. different things work for different people. low carb doesn't work for everybody. vegetarianism doesn't work for everybody.
4. the bottom line is, and always has been, reduce calories, eat healthier options, drink more water, and exercise. it's not as hard as people are making it seem.

so i'm curious about what the results might say but i totally don't trust them and will take them with a grain of salt

[capricorn]

got two cents:
it's tough to compare different diets on different people
1. their body make up is unique
2. their past eating styles are different
3. different things work for different people. low carb doesn't work for everybody. vegetarianism doesn't work for everybody.
4. the bottom line is, and always has been, reduce calories, eat healthier options, drink more water, and exercise. it's not as hard as people are making it seem.

so i'm curious about what the results might say but i totally don't trust them and will take them with a grain of salt

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PB,

Thanks for that MUCH needed post. People are so obsessed with finding that 'one cure' when losing weight has been as simple as you outlined. And gaining weight is the exact opposite of that (as many of us can atest to) - increase calories, eat unhealthy (mainly processed foods), drink less water, and don't exercise.

One last thing and I will get off my soapbox. When someone loses weight, people almost always asks, 'What did you do.' Its not so much what you do, as much as it is what you don't do (drink, smoke, overeat, etc.)