I ran across this and thought you AMC fans might like it....

From: http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Lifes...ul_Spirit.shtml

Lifestyle Author: Staff Last Updated: Jul 4, 2007 - 11:24:22 AM

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Alicia Minshew Reveals Her Secrets to Living a Healthy Lifestyle and the Luxuries of a Youthful Spirit

By Staff

Jul 4, 2007 - 11:16:36 AM

Alicia Minshew Reveals Her Secrets to Living a Healthy Lifestyle and the Luxuries of a Youthful Spirit.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The “All My Children” soap-star, Alicia Minshew has been naturally thin all her life. She is one of the many people out there who struggles to gain weight, rather than lose it. Alicia’s killer body, luscious hair, radiant skin, and youthful spirit are the fruits of living a healthy lifestyle.

Genetics play a role in Alicia’s slim frame but regardless of how skinny she is, eating junk foods is something she strictly avoids. She tries to avoid high fat foods that are going to be harmful and health depleting, clogging arteries and increasing the risks of getting high blood pressure not to mention premature aging. Food is meant to nourish the body not harm it. She only puts into her body nourishing foods to give her energy all day

Too much of anything good or bad is going to be damaging. Instead of eating junk food that's loaded with s fat, Alicia eats healthier foods, organic, and raw foods never fried or processed. Good sources of healthy fats are olives, olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, walnuts, cashews, almonds, peanuts, and avocados.

People who live the longest are those who eat right, and stimulate their body and mind habitually. Alicia believes having a healthy body is the secret to having a healthy mind.

Nutrition and exercise are essential for Alicia’s spiritual well being, creating balance in her life, increased self esteem, better over all health and physical beauty. She comes from a family of health nuts, her mother an aerobics instructor instilled the values of good nutrition and living healthy to lead a happy life.

She starts her day with green tea; she drinks plenty of water and occasionally a glass of red wine. Alicia has never had a soda in her life! She eats oatmeal, fresh fruits, nuts, yogurt, fish and veggies. Alicia’s favorite snack is peanut butter and bananas!

She maintains her phenomenal physique with invigorating activities such as swimming, long distance running, weight training, aerobics and dancing. Alicia’s workout routine consists of running 4 miles twice a week. She also tones her body with trainer Louis Coraggio, who focuses on strengthening her core with light weights, stretching, and pilates based exercises. When she doesn’t have time to train properly she has learned to workout on her own in her dressing room or at home.

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Healthy? She doesn't look healthy to me at all.

I don't believe the part about her never drinking a soda, unless she allergic I don't buy it.

I believe the soda comment. My nephew is 10 and hates the very idea of bubbly drinks. He won't touch them. The one time he tasted coke he spit it out. He only drinks water or milk.

As for the way she eats, I wouldn't want to eat like that. It doesn't sound healthy to me. Feels like something's missing. Moderation for me includes the occasional burger, fries and a coke. She doesn't look healthy to me, but if she is and she enjoys her diet, then good for her.

Well she is definitely skinny - but I'm sure she is very healthy living that way. She isn't too skinny to where she looks unhealthy.

Thanks for posting Scotty I love me some Alicia Minshew!

Oh and yeah, I can't believe she's never had sode before - maybe she's never had an entire can or bottle of soda - but I'm sure she's tasted it before! lol

And how ironic that she wound up playing Susan Lucci's daughter. They're the boniest women on soaps!

She maintains her phenomenal physique

Oh and yeah, I can't believe she's never had soda before - maybe she's never had an entire can or bottle of soda - but I'm sure she's tasted it before! lol

I think it's possible. Maybe Alicia was raised by parents who had strong beliefs on what children should eat. I know a few people who won't allow their children refined sugar. It almost seems like a religious conviction to one of my neighbors. Her babysitter gave her daughter soda and she really flipped out. I admire the discipline of people who live this way, but I never could. I just like sugar way too much. A lot of it has to do with how you are raised though. It's a lot harder to switch over to a healthy lifestyle if you weren't raised that way.

As far as Alicia goes, I think she's very pretty. Those eyes are gorgeous. I don't like it when actresses are picked on for being too fat, so I won't pick on her body type.

Lish looks more than healthy to me. Being Skinny isn't automatically unhealthy

Lish looks more than healthy to me. Being Skinny isn't automatically unhealthy

ITA. When I was younger I was pencil thin, but ate everything in sight, I was very athletic and had a very high metabolism. I think Lish just probably has a high metabolism, but I'm pretty sure she could eat anything she wanted and still have that figure because she's very active.

Edited July 5, 200718 yr by EricaKane70