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In a recent interview with Yahoo! Health, Audrey Hepburn's youngest son, Luca Dotti, discusses his mother's wellness philosophy and how she led a healthy life not only because it was the right thing to do, but because it made her happy. Here, a few key highlights from the interview and how her practices still apply today:

1) Drink a lot of water: "She insisted so much on everybody...drinking a lot of water...She was really about drinking a lot of water and eating a lot of vegetables. It was a matter of how she was brought up."

2) Eat meat sparingly: "She ate meat, but very little, in little doses. She [ate] 80 percent fruit and vegetables."

3) Don't fear aging: "She had a very healthy vision of her own seasons. She wasn't afraid at all of getting old. Of course she was complaining about the wrinkles, the white hair, but she really enjoyed her older years."

4) Make potatoes a staple: "Potatoes were a big, big part of her diet...for her, they were a sustainable thing."

Oct 27, 2015

AUDREY MIA MADRE - MONDADORI Audrey (Hepburn), mia madre. E la sua dipendenza dalla pasta...: Review by Désirée Paola Capozzo on ELLE Italia

Un libro da leggere per scoprire mille curiosità, ricco di racconti, aneddoti e foto di vita intima e personale per conoscere il lato più dolce e più vicino a noi della diva che continua a far sognare generazioni di donne. Da tenere in cucina per prendere spunto da una delle tante ricette e appunti autografi in cucina di Audrey Hepburn, e scoprirla, a dispetto della sua forma invidiabile, dipendente dalla pasta, esattamente come noi. «Non poteva fare a meno della pasta." si legge a pag. 187 - La mangiava a casa e la chiedeva anche al ristorante, con un po' d'imbarazzo, quando le squadernavano davanti menu elaborati e ambiziosi: "Se non è troppo complicato, una bella pasta al pomodoro semplice con un po' d'olio mi farebbe tanto felice".»

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