In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, gorgeous 48 year old actress Salma Hayek credits eating fat with helping her avoid Botox and look young..
The Oscar and Golden Globe nominated actress is married to Francois-Henri Pinault, the French billionaire who is the CEO of the fashion conglomerate that owns Gucci.
She is also the proud and attentive mother of 7 year old Valentina Paloma Pinault.
“I am 46 – I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetables, I eat everything.”
Despite her marital ties to the fashion industry, Hayek is critical of bone thin models.
“In recent years, we have had to fight against our genetic nature to look like something we are not, to look like little boys.”
Ms. Hayek’s beauty is no doubt partly the result of the nutrient dense diet she consumed as a young girl in Mexico which provided exceptional facial bone structure.
Her favorite traditional food known to be loaded with those healthy, wholesome fats that support beautiful skin well into old age?
Bugs!
“We have crickets, and then the ant’s eggs and then we have these worms. . . you fry them. You don’t eat them together, you eat them separately and they go in seasons. You fry them and then you put them in a tortilla and you put some guacamole in the tortilla. . . . If you fry anything, it tastes good, but they’re really delicious. The bugs are incredible.”
Fortunately, you don’t have to eat bugs to achieve the flawless, Botox-free skin the beautiful actress enjoys at middle age.
Other traditional fats like butter, tallow, coconut oil, lard, cream, and egg yolks included generously in the diet will give similar age defying results.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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She is so beautiful. Love this article! 🙂
She looks healthy, which is beautiful in it’s on way and common sense are not always seen in people from hollywood. My definition of pretty came from my maternal grandmother in the late 1950’s. “Pretty is as pretty does.”
I love your articles!
I was recently at the Weston A Price regional conference in Buffalo and I can attest to the fantastic skin of everyone there! Fats are the fountain of youth – take that Oil of Olay!!
I love her even more now! I was in Mexico and they have bugs in their diet. I actually saw – “escamoles” (ant eggs) on the menu, but I didn’t order it. Maybe I will next time I’m South of the Border. 🙂
Good fats both inside our bodies and used on the outside (topically) are really healing and beneficial for every aspect of health. I use cod liver oil, coconut oil, olive oil, high vitamin butter oil, and shea butter in food and on my skin and it works wonders. 🙂
Ohh come on guys if I had that kind of money or even a fraction of it I would look like that to no matter what I ate! money buys you the best of every thing!
Not true. Have you seen some of these actors and actresses without makeup?? They look horrible, unrecognizable! Make up and photo shop does miracles, but natural beauty is a different story. My husband’s family is Cuban and they seem to age really well. I thought it was genetics but even the members who marry into the family also age well. Well gaining recipes I have a strong suspicion that is the secret. Example: one of their absolute favorite meals is ox tail stew. When I cooled the broth, that thing was solid!! Incredibly full of gelatin!!
In the second picture of Hayek attached to this article, she bears a striking resemblance to her close friend Penelope Cruz.
fyi GOOD FATS EQUAL GOOD HORMONES
wrong.
totally agree w Selma there are good fats and they do keep skin and hair young….nothing will age you quicker than low fat foods, no yolk eggs and all the other ridiculous fads of the moment….BRAVO SELMA