Giada De Laurentiis Reveals How She Stays So Thin and Eats So Well!

(PCM) Giada De Laurentiis is known for cooking up decadent Italian dishes, but how does she manage to stay so thin and healthy eating pasta and prosciutto? She revealed her slim-cooking secrets to Health, from how she stays slim on pasta, to her fitness and skincare routines!

Here are a few highlights!

How she eats such great food and stays so slim:

“I eat a little bit of everything and not a lot of anything. Everything in moderation. I know that’s really hard for people to understand, but I grew up in an Italian family where we didn’t overdo anything. We ate pasta, yes, but not a lot of it. Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.”

How she stays fit when she’s not on the road:

“I do yoga with an instructor for an hour three times a week. I started doing yoga when I was pregnant, and I was told by my OB/GYN that I could no longer go to the gym because my daughter wasn’t growing enough. I was a big gym rat for a long time—treadmill, elliptical machine, StairMaster, weights. But I started doing yoga and paddleboarding, which is peaceful, almost like a meditation. And I go hiking.

How she keeps her energy up when she’s on the road:

“I do yoga—stretching and core work. Every morning I do sun salutations. Sometimes I do a little meditation. My sister-in-law introduced me to Deepak Chopra’s website, which sends you daily reminders. I try to center myself because I’m around a lot of different energies, and it gets a little crazy and chaotic.”

Her travel must-haves when it comes to food:

“Almonds are my staple. They’re nonperishable and can sit in my bag for the entire book tour. Plus lots of water, and—I’m not gonna lie—Americanos [an espresso-based drink] everywhere I go, with a little agave because I don’t do sugar.”

How she stays healthy aside from exercise:

“Lots of water. Two liters of water a day at least. And lots of olive oil. It keeps my skin healthy. It keeps my whole [self] healthy and glistening.”

How she keeps her skin looking so young and healthy:

“I do use it [olive oil] on my face. I have a whole 30-minute regime that I cannot go to bed without doing. And I keep my skin—especially my face and neck—out of the sun. My brother died of melanoma eight years ago, and I’ve got SPF on all the time, 24-7. It makes you realize, the sun is a wonderful thing, but it can be a very devastating thing. So sunscreen is key, and a lot of laughter, too. Laughing is so, so, so important in your life. It keeps you happy.”

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