In the November 2012 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, gorgeous 46 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 5 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 GORGEOUS!
Yes she is. Absolutely fabulous almost fifty!!
no bugs for me, but I will eat the other fats!
I am totally with you there Lorri.
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Hopefully they made the make the distinction that you do about the type of fat being important. Eating more fat if it is high in Omega 6 will certainly not keep you looking young – in fact the opposite!
I couldn’t agree more that fats are essential and nourishing. I am a thin woman by nature. I have always been this way. I don’t starve myself to look the way I do. I am hurt though, by comments in the blog comparing thin women to little boys, and saying that it is unnatural. I am sure it makes larger people feel better, but it makes me feel pretty bad. People seem to think it’s okay to talk about your weight if you are thin. Saying things like skinny, rail, skin and bones, anorexic, etc. is not seen as being rude when indeed it is. And very hurtful. I have the problem of not being able to put on weight. I am tired of the constant focus on weight and why being built like me is wrong and unnatural.
I’m thin too … the only way I can put on weight is to eat tons of refined carbs (which I don’t do). I can eat fat until the cows come home and not put on much weight at all. Don’t take it personally!
What she’s talking about is people who are UNNATURALLY THIN so that its actually unhealthy. If you are just slim by genetics, no worries .. still eat those fats though as it will definitely help keep the face young looking!
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Yes, like Kelly Ripa who does the Electrolux appliance commercials. She is shaped like an underweight teenage boy with no hips whatsoever. Every time I see those commercials, I think of how unhealthy it looks, especially knowing what I know now about our fat-starved, nutritionally vacant Standard American Diet and its negative impact on health, fertility, etc. It’s interesting how fashion trends shift along with the thinning faces, narrow jaw/dental arch, narrow hips, etc.
It’s helpful to learn from these observations objectively and not take it personally. We can’t change the shape of our bones as adults but we can certainly switch to natural fats that improve our organs, skin and other soft tissues… and we can ensure our children get the copious natural fats they need without the harmful manmade ones.
I came totally off refined carbs and still have a hard time loosing weight. Any suggestions? I eat healthy fats, butter, coconut oil.
Ashley, I completely feel the same way. I don’t starve myself at all. I’m 5’7 and 115lbs. I do eat very well , but so I feel well. The focus is NOT on looks! Thin is the way God made me. And I do find this kind of comment from people offensive. People should not make assumptions period! I have had to listen to too many rude comments on my thinness. I once sat through a church talk to young Moms pointing to models that were all thin and the speaker assumed all had eating disorders. The grass is not always greener on the other side either. I’d love to add a few pounds in a few areas so I didn’t look like a young boy
Just had a conversation with a health food store clerk about the importance of healthy fats in our diet. So refreshing to meet someone who is already in the know. I exhaust myself trying to convince others that low-fat is not healthy.
excuse me? tell that to someone with arteriosclerosis deary.
i eat a no fat diet. it works for me and i’m not going to listen to someone else’s dialog about something they’re clueless about.
YEAHHH BUTTER FTW! <3
I know so many super skinny althetic women who are low fat veg and they look old….so old. thin, dry, greyish skin….
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Let the lowfat crowd have those wrinkles
It’s a shame she does all those milk commercials
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Our church secretary does this diet thing year after year with a bunch of women, to lose weight and get closer to God. And yes, they restrict calories and eat low fat. I am overweight, but I refuse to join, as what they’re doing is unhealthy!
She herself has lost lots of weight…….. and has aged ten years in two since doing this. She looks old and wrinkled. No thanks!
I draw LOTS of criticism from my family for using lard and butter for cooking, and eating fat in general, as they all repeat that old myth of ‘fat making fat’, and that I am overweight because I eat too much fat!
Actually, thanks to ignorant doctors, I had undiagnosed Celiac disease for 52 years, even though I had obvious symptoms. And eating what is poison for me all those years has caused my adrenal glands and thyroid to stop working, which is stopping me from losing weight.
But in spite of being quite overweight, I look at least ten years younger than my age. People think I am in my forties, and I am 59. Everybody is astonished when I say I have 16 grandchildren, saying I look too young to have any!
She certainly does look fantastic! Makes me want to start eating coconut oil with a spoon!
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I have fewer wrinkles now while eating a fair amount of fat than I did ten years ago while starving myself with lowfat foods!
Hi Sarah,
Do you know of any other tips for great skin?? I eat plenty of good fats in my diet (pastured butter, tallow) as well as eat a WAPF based diet, eat around a tablespoon of coconut oil a day; moisturize with either coconut oil or tallow balm, and don’t wash my face very often. I’ve recently started trying baking soda + water once every 4 or 5 days as a scrub to even out my skin’s texture, but it’s still just not smooth. I’ve never really had issues with pimples or acne, just a lumpy texture of skin colored bumps (not very raised but noticeable to me). I’m really not sure what else to do! Any tips? Thanks!
Check out Chris Kresser’s series on skin health.
Whew, thank goodness I can skip the bugs! I know that fat is good but it had been so ingrained in me to avoid it that I have a hard time eating as much as I should. Thanks for the great post. She does look amazing!
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people peg me @ 28years old….i’m 45.
I eat lots of ghee and real organic butter along with lots of good oils like coconut and olive oils and take Udo’s oil nightly it will not make you fat. so i told someone once about it and they told me they had to quit because they started gaining weight she also said she started taking synthetic hormones….geees humm lets see well yes that is the problem absolutely but you know people beleive what they want i certainly don’t try to make people beleive anything i simply tell them the information and they can beleive what they want. I will be healthy and they are still in bad shape just makes me sad
Wow, that’s amazing given the fact she is also a smoker (or was). I read an article that she gave it up when she was pregnant but there have been photos taken since then of her lighting up.
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
fyi GOOD FATS EQUAL GOOD HORMONES
wrong.
In the second picture of Hayek attached to this article, she bears a striking resemblance to her close friend Penelope Cruz.
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!
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.
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.
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 your articles!
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.”
She is so beautiful. Love this article!
it doesn’t work.. i’m older than her and look 20 yrs younger than her.
i don’t eat fats.. i eat raw veggies. some folks are just to stupid for words. this system is going to fail her big time in another 10 yrs. (if that.)
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