Model Carol Alt has apparently converted hockey-player boyfriend Alexei Yashin to the raw food diet.

In promoting her new book, The Raw 50, Alt says,

"What’s fascinating for me about raw foods is not so much that this is raw and isn’t this fun and look how it tastes so good. For me it’s the science behind it such as the pH balance, the molecular structure change when you cook food and how you destroy enzymes. I was the worst chemistry student in school and I didn’t see any connection between chemistry and the world."

Maybe Alt should study microbiology. Never underestimate the ability of the American public to equate celebrity — even D-list celebrity — with credibility.