Marie Claire South Africa — January 2018

Hilary Rhoda

Model

EXERCISEI work out every day for two hours. I do

Tracy Anderson Method and SoulCycle. I do an hour-long

dance-cardio class and then an hour of toning. I started

doing it eight years ago. I need high-intensity workouts

to keep me engaged and make me feel like I’m going to die afterwards.

I don’t feel like my day has started until I get my workout done. Exercise

makes me feel strong, happy, calm and more confident.

GUILTY PLEASUREChocolate. I eat Peanut Butter M&M’s®in the morning

with my tea.

Bobbi Brown

Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and author ofBeauty

From the Inside Out: Makeup - Wellness - Confidence

DIETI always start my day with two glasses of water, either

with fresh-squeezed lemon or a little bit of sea salt if I’m

dehydrated, and a double-black espresso.

HEALTHI take acidophilus, vitamin D and fish oil every day. Everything else

I figure you can get from food.

SLEEPI rarely need help to fall asleep, but if I have to shut off my brain,

I either take an Epsom salts bath, which delivers magnesium to the body,

or I’ll have a magnesium supplement. Magnesium does a good job of

relaxing every muscle in the body.

GUILTY PLEASUREIlove a well-made Martini (with three olives) on

a Saturday night.

Kerry Washington

Emmy-nominated actor and creative consultant

at Neutrogena

SLEEPI have this fantasy of sleeping without electronics

close to the bed, but I do have baby monitors and alarm

clocks and all sorts of things. Wearing pyjamas is important.

It’s something I picked up from my kids – the ritual of getting them ready

for bed. I was like, Oh, I should do the same thing.

BEAUTYI drink a lot of water and coconut water, and use products from

Neutrogena’s Hydro Boost line, which contain hyaluronic acid to encourage

your skin to stay hydrated. And I’m religious about taking my make-up off

before bed. I believe in double cleansing. And I protect my skin with SPF.

Zoe Saldana

Actor

DIETI don’t like to use up my calories on an energy bar:

I am an American – I like everything supersized.

CHILLWhen I travel, I take along pictures, keepsakes and

energy stones with me to make my hotel room feel a little

more like home. I also pack in a framed poem my mom gave me to keep

at my bedside.

GUILTY PLEASUREChampagne. It’s the best. And I don’t see why I have to

give it up.

wellness

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FIX YOUR GUT

Meet the new technology

that analyses your gut

bacteria to find the best

food for your body

If you haven’t already heard, there

are trillions of microscopic

organisms (fungi, bacteria,

viruses) all over your body. But

researchers have been particularly

interested in the bacteria in your

gut, which may affect your risk

of certain autoimmune diseases,

digestive problems, cancer,

diabetes and more.

That’s probably why you’ve

heard so much about probiotics,

supplements said to encourage the

growth of disease-fighting ‘good

bacteria’ in your gut.

Problem is, ‘the amount of

bacteria in probiotic pills is

incredibly small compared to the

number already in your gut,’ says

Frederic D Bushman, professor of

microbiology at the University

of Pennsylvania. So what can you

do to boost your gut health? ‘For

one, eat more fibre, which may

promote good bacteria,’ he says.

You can also work with your

existing gut bacteria to make

healthier choices. ‘Each person

has a unique combination

of microorganisms in their gut,’

says Naveen Jain, founder

of Viome, a service that determines

exactly which foods are best for

you based on your particular gut

bacteria and metabolism. ‘These

microorganisms affect how you

metabolise food, so the foods that

are healthy for me might not be

healthy for you.’

Keep in mind, there’s a lot we still

need to learn about all the bacteria

in our guts, so you may want

to take the results of a test like

Viome’s with a pinch of salt. But the

idea of personalised nutrition based

on gut bacteria is a promising one.

In 2015, Israeli researchers tracked

the diets and corresponding blood-

sugar responses of 800 people and

found that participants did indeed

have different responses to the

same foods, likely because of the

microbes in their guts.

WORDS

KIERA CARTER, IRIN CARMON

PHOTOGRAPHS

THE LICENSING PROJECT, REX FEATURES, GALLO/GETTY