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JORDANA BREWSTER

WORK DETOXIFYING FOODS INTO YOUR

DAILY MENU

HOW EATING MORE FAT CAN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT

COULD YOUR PET HAVE ARTHRITIS?

SPRING IS HERE SO WHY DO I FEEL SO SAD?

WORK DETOXIFYING how to

BREWSTERTHE STAR OF FURIOUS 7 SHARES

HER HEALTH SECRETS AND OPENS UP ABOUT HOLLYWOOD IMAGES.

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14 Editor’s Letter

16 Contributors

17 Behind the Scenes

18 Balanced Living

19 Giveaway

20 Viva Experts

23 Eco Chic

87 Grocery Basket

94 Inspired Living

98 Horoscope

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DepartmentsBEAUTY & FASHION30 Get the Look

32 Colour Wave Natural hair colour trends

38 Spanish Rising The Spring’s hottest looks take

to the streets of Barcelona

44 Beauty Terminology

HEALTH48 Health News

49 Health Q&A Baby Teeth

50 Think You’re Too Young For Shingles?

52 Reverse SAD Why springtime can be especially bad for depression su erers.

54 Health Cabinet

56 Get Excited Again! Natural ways to bring back that loving feeling.

58 Balanced Health Francisca Dennis

60 Balanced Health Suzzane Somers

62 Give Fat a Chance Why fat belongs in your diet

COVER STORY66 Life in the Fast Lane Jordana Brewster

FOOD74 Cleanse Your Palate Incorporate some of nature’s most detoxifying ingredients into your favourite meals.

84 Healthy Cows prefer grass What your cows eat matters

86 What’s in Your Fridge? Neil Jackson

YOUR LIFE90 Colour Trending Blue and brass make a comeback in your home.

92 Pet Health Joint care

96 Travel The Oaks at Ojai

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When it comes to our bodies we’re always full of excuses. At a recent book club, a group of us determined that it was “impossible” to lose a mu� n top after having a baby. Obviously Francisca Dennis wasn’t at the meeting. At 45, Dennis has the physique most 20-year-olds will only dream of. She’s graced 12 magazine covers and is now taking a turn at acting, land-ing mostly “strong women” roles. Oh, and did I mention she has six kids?

Turns out maybe you really can do anything if you put your mind to it. “You can achieve anything you want if you believe you can,” says Dennis. You can read more about her excuse busters in “Make No Excuses” (page 58).

In addition to body shapes and sizes one of the other things we women most love to obsess over is hair colour. The good news is that companies are making amazing strides when it comes to natural ingredients in hair colouring products. Gone are the days of harsh chemicals and long lists of ingredients. Okay, those days aren’t exactly gone. The di� erence is that now there are natural colouring options. Colouring and chemicals no longer need to go together like Bonnie and Clyde. In “Colour Wave” (page 32) we look at the hottest hair colours this season – and give natural options to get the look you love without unwanted chemicals.

Since this issue takes on excuses for not getting your dream body and hair colour, it only makes sense that we tackle the other big three “girl talk” issue – age. As a life-time devote of Three’s Company (I own all the box sets and still watch it when I need a good laugh), I can’t help but watch Suzzane Somers (aka Chrissy Snow) and be amazed at how great (and youthful) she looks. The actor is 68 years old and looks only a decade older than Ms. Snow did in her 1977 primetime show. Somers chats candidly with our west coast editor Bonnie Siegler about her secrets for looking and feeling great at any age. Personally, I plan on stealing a few of them.

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FAST LANEL I F E I N T H E

THE FURIOUS 7 STAR JORDANA BREWSTER OPENS UP ABOUT HER HOLLYWOOD IMAGE, REMAINING CALM AMIDST CHAOS

AND DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF CO-STAR PAUL WALKER.

BY BONNIE SIEGLERPHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN RUSSO

ordana Brewster greets me dressed in a grey J Crew sweatshirt, tie-dye leggings and her favorite New Balance sneakers. She exudes a much more relaxed, down-to-earth persona than the one you’d expect from watching her on screen, where her characters

usually have a vixen appeal.The former daytime actress got her start on All My Children,

seguing into As The World Turns. Her film career started out with horror films The Faculty and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Then in 2001, Brewster secured her place in pop culture history with the release of the first The Fast and the Furious movie. Seven films later, many people know her as Mia Toretto from the action series. She’s also recently become a household name for her prime time version of Elena Ramos in the Dallas reboot. However well known the star becomes though, she vows to remain grounded and true to her roots.

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Born in Panama City, Panama, Brewster moved to New York at age 10. She’s the perfect combination of beauty, brains and brawn. The former comes from her mother, a former Brazilian swim-suit model. Her grandfather was president of Yale University, where Brewster also attended. She insists she was accepted on her own strengths, however, and not her lineage. She’s always craved mental stimulation, and still does today. When she feels intellectually starved, she’ll pick up some bedside reading such as a special edition of The World’s Religions or My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (her current read). “I like reading dense books for short tidbits,” she says. “I was reading a book on Hinduism that I found really fulfilling.” When it comes to choosing her reading material Brewster tries to focus on what she needs at that point in her life to stay sane. It may be a dense read or something lighter so that she has time to spend with her girlfriends, working out (there’s the brawn) or meditation. For the most part, Brewster’s life is very un-fast and not at all furi-ous. “I’m usually in bed by 9:30,” she says. She does, however cop to being an aggressive driver. “I’m working on getting more patience behind the wheel.”

MANTRAS AND MEDITATIONPart of learning patience comes from her twice-daily medita-tion practice. Just a simple breath can make Brewster smile. “Pranayama breathing can really help calm me because it bal-ances both sides of the brain,” says Brewster. It’s a quick feel-good fix. “I sometimes do it in the car for three minutes.”

“I have a personal mantra that I do along with my twice daily meditation.” Ultimately, she reflects on when all is said and done, what will she ponder? “I’m not going to think about what I will be doing two hours from now or five days from now. If I’m on my deathbed who cares that I was so e�cient? I believe it’s more about what I meant to people and how much I gave. I’ve learned to stop stressing about the small things.”

KEEPING FIT AND HEALTHYLike most women, there are things about Brewster’s appearance that she wishes were a little di�erent. At 5-foot-6, she admits to wishing she had longer thighs. “I don’t think I’d change my

thigh shape, just add some length to them,” says the 34-year-old mother. To keep her legs firm and shapely, Brewster works with a personal trainer, combining circuit training and cardio. “I do about 45 minutes of strength training with squats and lunges for those thighs,” she says. She also does regular hikes and runs.

Brewster is easier on herself when it comes to her favourite body part. “My back is really strong,” she says. “I’m also liking my shoulders and arms now.”

To keep fit and healthy, Brewster focuses on eating the right foods. Also, her mom taught her that the secret to great skin and hair is eating healthy. “My mom really believes that what goes in your body will show in your skin and your hair,” she says.

Brewster stocks her kitchen with oats, eggs, milk, whole-wheat pasta, tomato sauce, organic ketchup and Ezekiel bread. She also believes in drinking a lot of water and eating plenty of fruits and vegetables. However, she’s not a purist when it comes to food. “I haven’t omitted any one food from my eating plan.” It’s about balance.

BITTERSWEET RELEASEWith the release of Furious 7, loyal fans will be flocking to cine-mas to get 90 minutes of fast-paced action and also to bid fare-well to actor Paul Walker who passed away during filming in a fiery car crash outside Los Angeles. “I don’t have mixed feelings about the release itself,” says Brewster when asked about her close relationship with Walker. “On a personal level, I think it’s going to be really, really di�cult to be a part of the project with-out him there though.”

Brewster was just 18 years old when she filmed the first Fast and the Furious with Walker. The two actors have come of age together in Hollywood and have been extremely close. “There were times when we’d finish scenes on this movie and cry,” says Brewster. “But that was a beautiful part of the process because we could grieve as a group.” She describes Walker’s essence: “Paul was such a huge part of this, such a joyful part of it for me, such a grounding part of it for me. He just really, really got it. I confided in him so often and relied on him on set when things got crazy. He was so lovely, so human that every second [of filming] will be a reminder of his death and what a beautiful person we all lost.” VM

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BRINGING SEXY BACKBrewster is married to film producer Andrew Form. Here are a few of her

thoughts on what makes a man sexy:

What makes a man sexy? Confidence and self-assurance. I think it’s really about the way a man carries

himself.

What makes a well-dressed man? The right amount of e�ort without feeling vain. I think vanity is a huge

turn-o�. You don’t want your man to put more thought into his outfit than

you do.

Favourite men’s cologne I’m not a cologne girl, however I do

love hair products because they have a more subtle smell. Oribe makes a real yummy gel that smells great.

Shaven or Unshaven Unshaven

Biceps or six-pack Biceps, hands down.

Favourite Date Night Now that we have a child, I think it’s way more important to be sponta-

neous. So switching it up and trying something new is my favourite now.

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