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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2010Did ‘Food Network’ Star Alton Brown Really Lose 50 Pounds On A Low-Carb Diet?
Did Food Network Star Alton Brown Really Lose 50 Pounds On A Low-Carb Diet? http://www.carbwire.com/2010/01/06/did-food-network-star-alton-brown-really-lose -50-pounds-on-a-low-carb-diet If so, it's pretty kewl. Alton rocks. I've spent a lot of hours trying to adjust some of the recipes from his show. Maybe he'll do the leg work now? ;-) > Did ‘Food Network’ Star Alton Brown Really Lose 50 Pounds On A > Low-Carb Diet? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > trying to adjust some of the recipes from his show. Maybe he'll do > the leg work now? ;-) Yes, that's what he said when he was on The View, I think it was. "No cake." :-) He demonstrated a really good dish, noodles made from eggplant, in a creamy tomato, garlic and basil sauce. I made it and it was very good. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Susan I guess The View is the only place I'll be seeing Alton. My cable company, Cablevision is in a nasty contract renewal dispute with FoodTV and HGTV. As of Jan 1, both are gone here in the NYC area. FoodTV is one of my favorite channels too. Interesting that Alton lost so much weight. I didn't realize he had put that much on. Probably because I don't watch Iron Chef, but do watch the re-runs of some Good Eats shows. The eggplant noodles idea looks tasty. > Did Food Network Star Alton Brown Really Lose 50 Pounds On A > Low-Carb Diet? > > http://www.carbwire.com/2010/01/06/did-food-network-star-alton-brown-really-lose -50-pounds-on-a-low-carb-diet Depends on where you start counting low carb. The food he ate was maybe like the old Sugarbusters style. A lot lower carb than SAD and it pays attention to glycemic load so also slower carb. Interesting that Alton Brown is dairy intolerant of some sort. He points out that milk gives him severe indigestion. Given his love for cheese I suspect that's lactose intolerance rather than an intolerance to the proteins in dairy. > If so, it's pretty kewl. Alton rocks. I've spent a lot of hours > trying to adjust some of the recipes from his show. Maybe he'll do > the leg work now? ;-) I hope he does start giving low carb versions in his recipes. > > Did Food Network Star Alton Brown Really Lose 50 Pounds On A > > Low-Carb Diet? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I hope he does start giving low carb versions in his recipes. I saw a quick shot of Alton on the news last night. It was from the Iron Chef season premier at the White House. Boy did he look terrible. If he did lose all that weight by dieting, IMO he way overshot the goal. He looks awfully thin and he didn't have a good skin color either. Maybe he's going for the semi-starvation diet that is supposed to make you live substantially longer. At least I hope that's what it is. > > > Did Food Network Star Alton Brown Really Lose 50 Pounds On A > > > Low-Carb Diet? [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > is supposed to make you live substantially longer. At least I hope > that's what it is. I just finished watching that. Looked like some good food! I remember thinking sometime last year that he looked like he was putting on weight -- but I don't pay much attention to how old the "Good Eats" episodes are, so I don't know what year the show was actually from. But seeing him on the Iron Chef America show tonight -- ACK! He does *not* look well. My first thought was, "Does he have cancer?!" I even checked to see how old he is -- he's only 47 but looks much older. His hair doesn't look healthy, either. He's always been a little thin on top, but that's not what I'm talking about. His hair looks dry, frizzy -- broom like. If he did lose his 50 pounds via low-carb, he's definitely not a good example of the health benefits. Maybe he lost it too fast? But I have this nagging fear that he is suffering from some kind of serious illness, as he really does not look healthy. I really hope I'm wrong. > But seeing him on the Iron Chef America show tonight -- ACK! He does > *not* look well. My first thought was, "Does he have cancer?!" I > even checked to see how old he is -- he's only 47 but looks much > older. His hair doesn't look healthy, either. He's always been a > little thin on top, but that's not what I'm talking about. His hair > looks dry, frizzy -- broom like. I thought he looked jet lagged on the White House episode. There is one Iron Chef episode so far that's more recent than that and I thought he looked less bad - As I word that it sounds like damning with faint praise so that seems about right. > If he did lose his 50 pounds via low-carb, he's definitely not a good > example of the health benefits. Maybe he lost it too fast? But I > have this nagging fear that he is suffering from some kind of serious > illness, as he really does not look healthy. I really hope I'm wrong. He lost 50 pounds in under 6 months. Defintiely too fast. There probably hasn't been a dieter in history who wants to lose slowly, but losing slowly has all sorts of advantages. Better odds of keeping it off, better shrinking of the skin to match loss rates and such. >> But seeing him on the Iron Chef America show tonight -- ACK! He does >> *not* look well. My first thought was, "Does he have cancer?!" I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > looked less bad - As I word that it sounds like damning with faint > praise so that seems about right. You people are in love with food so much, you sit in front of the boob tube to watch shows about it. Gee, what's wrong with that picture? But, nope, it's the damn carbohydrates ... > >> But seeing him on the Iron Chef America show tonight -- ACK! He does > >> *not* look well. My first thought was, "Does he have cancer?!" I [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > But, nope, it's the damn carbohydrates ... You got it! I sit in front of the TV all day in my slippers and bathrobe with curlers in my hair eating my semi-homemade bonbons -- because I'm too lazy to even go to the store to buy them! -- watching cooking shows! I avoid any other TV offerings because there's not enough food there. The commercials for Burger King and McDonalds and Kelloggs and Reese's, etc., etc., etc., aren't nearly long enough and are, therefore, unfulfilling. You're pretty quick! You're obviously too smart for me and have revealed the my true, insidious nature. Darn. And I've worked so hard. Congrads! You win . . . Hum -- what kind of award would you like? Oh! I've got it! <plonk> >> >> But seeing him on the Iron Chef America show tonight -- ACK! He does >> >> *not* look well. My first thought was, "Does he have cancer?!" I [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > You got it! I sit in front of the TV all day in my slippers and Time spent wasn't so much what I was getting at, but rather the lame interest in food. Though, thanks for sharing, I suppose. > bathrobe with curlers in my hair eating my semi-homemade bonbons -- A bathrobe lovingly sewn out of five full-sized beach towels, no doubt. > because I'm too lazy to even go to the store to buy them! -- watching Thanks for clarifying that you do go out, even if just to grocery stores. > cooking shows! I avoid any other TV offerings because there's not > enough food there. So you watch other TV; wonderful. I didn't even slightly insinuate that you do not. ><plonk> That pointless overture was almost convincing the first time it was observed. Sure, whenever you are confronted with some uncomfortable grain of truth, just say "Plonk!". Then check if it's false yet; if not, just repeat. > >> You people are in love with food so much, you sit in front of the boob > >> tube to watch shows about it. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Time spent wasn't so much what I was getting at, but rather the lame > interest in food. According to you, being interested in good food and how to prepare it is lame. The same could be said for interest in just about anything.... theater, movies, reading, sports.... Enjoying quality food and being an obese glutton are very different things. I've been to many top restaurants and I can tell you there are less obese people eating at Jean-Georges and Spago than there are at McDonalds. I think it's great that most of us here do a lot of our own cooking and seek to learn how to make new tasty, interesting and healthy dishes and adapt them to low carb. I've found watching FoodTV to be an excellent resource. No one is hurling insults at you for whatever it is that you choose to eat. If you don't have any interest in how your food tastes and no desire to learn and sample the many great foods available from around the world that's fine by us. Just have the same respect for our choices. > > But seeing him on the Iron Chef America show tonight -- ACK! He does > > *not* look well. My first thought was, "Does he have cancer?!" I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > looked less bad - As I word that it sounds like damning with faint > praise so that seems about right. I don't usually watch much on the Food Network anymore -- way too many temptation there! LOL! -- but I have seen his new Welch's commercial and he does look a little better in that. Of course, I don't know when that was made, either. I hope it was jet lag. BTW -- I had this on my DVR and didn't get the first minute or so of it, apparently. Do you know why The Chairman was there in video presence only? Throughout the whole thing I thought it was odd that they kept talking about what a great event this was, but The Chairman couldn't make it. :-) > > If he did lose his 50 pounds via low-carb, he's definitely not a good > > example of the health benefits. Maybe he lost it too fast? But I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > losing slowly has all sorts of advantages. Better odds of keeping it > off, better shrinking of the skin to match loss rates and such. Ah -- I thought I read it was nine months, which would be about a 1-1/2 to 2 pounds a week. Maybe the "nine months" was nine months *ago.* In any case, I hope he's okay! > BTW -- I had this on my DVR and didn't get the first minute or so of > it, apparently. Do you know why The Chairman was there in video > presence only? Throughout the whole thing I thought it was odd that > they kept talking about what a great event this was, but The Chairman > couldn't make it. :-) Iron Chef America isn't as comical as Iron Chef Japan but it does include plenty of cheesy entertainment bits. I figured he was on video because it was funnier that way. My Tivo caught the first minute and there wasn't any better explanation than that. The veggies from the White House garden were exquistite! > > BTW -- I had this on my DVR and didn't get the first minute or so of > > it, apparently. Do you know why The Chairman was there in video [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > The veggies from the White House garden were exquistite! To die for? http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/michelle-obamas-toxic-veggie-nightmare- white-house-organic-gar/19114069 Michelle Obama's toxic veggie nightmare: White House organic garden polluted with sludge  Signature"When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist." -Archbishop Helder Camara http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364551818&pagename=JPost%2FJPArti cle%2FShowFull http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm > > BTW -- I had this on my DVR and didn't get the first minute or so of > > it, apparently. Do you know why The Chairman was there in video [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > because it was funnier that way. My Tivo caught the first minute and > there wasn't any better explanation than that. Thanks for letting me know -- thought I might have missed something. :-) I love the original "Iron Chef." It's great fun to watch. > The veggies from the White House garden were exquistite! It was a wonderful garden! |
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