Star secrets: discover the beauty tricks of the timeless diva Marilyn Monroe

In 1952, when her career took off and she was already a beloved and admired star, Marilyn Monroe was confessing on the pages of Pageant magazine. The actress revealed her personal secrets about fitness and nutrition. "Honestly, I've never considered my physique to be exceptional, and until recently, I've always thought about it very seldom.", she confided to the interviewer. "My only real concern has always been not having enough to eat. Now I have to worry about not eating too much. I've never had the" habit of running out of exercise. "laughed the young woman.

Sun? No thanks

Although Marilyn Monroe lived in Los Angeles, it cannot be said that she often exposed herself to the sun. "I don't think that tanned skin is more attractive than white skin, nor that it is healthier (...) I like to feel blonde everywhere", the actress said.
Our opinion: Marilyn would have been a perfect ambassador for campaigns to fight skin cancer. However, it is true that we need a certain amount of sunlight every day for our biological clock to stay in sync. Protecting yourself from the sun is fine, avoiding it is not!

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Slow attitude

The divine repeated it, she "she hated feeling oppressedAnd he could not bear it the tense atmospheres. "It's almost impossible for me to get out of bed in the morning", continued Marilyn Monroe, who actually didn't have the reputation of being a morning guy. Despite this, his sleep hours varied widely: between 5 and 10 hours per night. Another small clarification: our beauty could not stand pajamas, and slept in winter as in summer under a thick quilt.
Our opinion: Marilyn had the so-called "zen attitude". It was good, because stress plays a very important role in the oxidation process, and therefore in skin aging. However, it is always better to prefer a regular sleep interval, of at least 7 or 8 hours, to allow our body to regenerate. without destabilizing.

Sport ... yes, but not too much

Despite everything, Marilyn Monroe explained that she spent 10 minutes every morning lifting small weights of 2.25 kg, to keep certain muscles toned. Keeping her arms straight, she made small rotations or raised them above her head. "Every morning, after brushing my teeth, cleansing my face (...) I lie down on the floor next to the bed, and I start my exercises (...) I never count how sports people hear on the radio. "exercise if it seemed to me some kind of constraint", he continued.
Our opinion: sport is the ideal leisure to keep fit but also to combat the stress that leads to oxidation. But beware, "excessive sporting practice leads to an increase in the production of free radicals, those cells that cause" aging of our skin. Sport is therefore an ally only up to a certain point, to which we can help with the use of a good antioxidant.

Curious eating habits

"They told me my eating habits are bizarre, but I don't believe it", she declared. But it cannot be denied that her high-protein regimen was uninviting and balanced ... Marilyn began her day with a cup of milk accompanied by two raw eggs and a multivitamin pill. For dinner: a piece of lamb or baked liver, 4 or 5 raw carrots, and that's it. "I must be a bit of a rabbit, because I never get tired of carrots", she liked to say. She also confessed a small sin of gluttony: an ice cream on the way home at the end of the day."If I didn't eat a lot of protein, I could never indulge in this whim", he concluded.
Our opinion: We are not sure if nutritionists agree very much. Better to keep our 3 meals a day, balanced, and our 5 portions of fruit and vegetables.