VIVA Magazine - Summer 2015

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SUMMER 2015

ARE ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS MAKING YOU FAT?

E X C L U S I V EE X C L U S I V E

PERREY REEVESREEVES

THE ENTOURAGE STAR TALKS ABOUT HER HOLISTIC

LIFESTYLE AND HOW SHE STAYS CALM AMIDST THE

CHAOS OF HOLLYWOOD

WHY SUNSCREEN IS KILLING THE

CORAL REEFS

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12 Editor’s Letter

14 Contributors

15 Viva Experts

16 Balanced Living

17 Behind the Scenes

18 Giveaway

21 Eco Chic

73 Grocery Basket

78 Inspired Living

82 Horoscope

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DepartmentsBEAUTY & FASHION26 Get the Look

28 More Than Skin Deep How vitamins and nutrients

impact your skin from the inside out.

30 Hot Hues Colour makes a natural

comeback with summer.

36 Summer Lovin’ Beachwear trends.

42 Beauty Terminology

HEALTH46 Health News

48 Breaking Down Dealing with chronic inflammation.

50 Natural Fertility Boosters Natural solutions for infertility.

54 Sweet Deal? Find out if sugar substitutes are good for your health.

56 Health Cabinet

58 Balanced Health Laura Vandervoort

59 Balanced Health Mariana Klaveno

COVER STORY60 A Blissful Life Perrey Reeves

FOOD66 Instant Summer Classics New barbeque favorites to add to your party repertoire.

72 What’s in Your Fridge? Damon Runyan

YOUR LIFE76 It All Starts with Fabric 80 Travel Upstate New York

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Working as a health writer and editor has made me a hypochondriac of sorts. There’s only so many times you can research the signs of cancer, allergy triggers and memory loss before every spot, sni� e and loss for words makes you turn to Dr. Google in a state of panic.

Luckily, over the years, I’ve learned to tone down my nonsensical fears and focus more on the things I can do to actually make a di� erence in the health of my family and myself. One of the main things I keep coming back to time and again is infl ammation.

While infl ammation starts out as your body’s way of trying to protect itself, long-term or chronic infl ammation seems to be at the root of everything from asthma and arthritis to heart disease and cancer.

Chronic infl ammation happens when your body’s infl ammatory response fails to heal the ailment that it was originally set out to. Instead, your infl ammatory sys-tem starts to attack healthy tissues and, over time, can lead to disease and illness.

Infl ammation tends to persist when you’re under undo stress and have poor sleep. The risk of infl ammation is also much higher if you eat poorly and/or are overweight.

In addition to taking regular yoga classes and trying to get some shuteye, I’ve turned to omega-3 fatty acid supplements as a way to decrease my chances of su� ering from chronic infl ammation. According to research published in Brain, Behavior and Immunity, regular intake of omega-3 fatty acids helps to reduce chronic infl ammation and reduce stress levels. Students in the study saw a 20 per cent reduction in anxiety levels when they took an omega-3 supplement. Plus, keeping your omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in check (we tend to have more of the latter in our diets) is one of the best ways to prevent your body from going into a chronic state of infl ammation. To learn other ways you can reduce infl am-mation naturally, turn to “Breaking It Down” (page 48) and take smart steps to get in control of your health, rather than sweating the small stu� .

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A BLISSFULLIFE

PERREY REEVES HAS FOUND SERENITY AMONGST THE CHAOS OF HOLLYWOOD BY STAYING TRUE TO WHO SHE

IS AND TAKING TIME TO RELAX AND ENJOY WHAT’S IMPORTANT IN LIFE.

BY BONNIE SIEGLERPHOTOGRAPHY BY ELISABETH CAREN

ollywood may be known for celebrating youth, however there is beauty in age. “I’m far more comfortable with myself now than I was when I was younger,” says actor Perrey Reeves. An East Coast native who lived with her family in France and Italy growing up, she reflects on her life today. “I’m in the world of Hollywood,” says

the 43-year-old. “Looking at myself as a product is a weird thing. You have to build your life with interests, friends and activities that support another aspect of you or I don’t know how one can survive.” Those are also the things that keep you comfortable in your own skin. Simple things like going for a walk with the dog, watching a movie, doing meditation and yoga help to ground the star. “When I feel good then I’m ready to conquer whatever needs to be conquered that day.”

What’s on her radar now is promoting the movie version of

Entourage. For 11 years, Reeves has played super agent Ari Gold’s strong-willed wife Melissa. This movie is a chance to take all of the characters we have grown to love to the big screen.

PREVENTION MATTERSWith her busy Hollywood schedule, staying healthy is a must. A pound of prevention is by far the best policy for staying healthy. “If you walked into my kitchen, you’d say: “Holy moly! How do you swallow all those supplements?” Reeves explains how her father was a physician, but his goal was to prescribe medicine as a last resort. She has always focused on prevention and fol-lowing a holistic lifestyle, partially because of him.

“When patients would come to my dad with a migraine, he would eliminate certain foods and encourage them to eat other foods. He would try to get them in better balance. If an ailment persisted, only then would he prescribe medicine,” says Reeves.

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When Perrey su�ers from a common headache she turns to meditation. “It helps with any kind of pain or su�ering – emo-tional and physical. Then I turn to yoga for its breathing tech-niques and visualization,” she says. “Still, every now and then, an Advil helps.” You can use medicine; just don’t rely on it all the time.

So what supplements does Reeves keep in her cabinet? “There are two types of digestive enzymes to help with my GI tract and overall digestive system, plus a few other enzymes. Also acidoph-ilus and quercetin to help with allergies.”

Tumeric and black pepper supplements can also be combined with cooking. “The benefits of these two are immense,” says Reeves. They’re great for fighting chronic inflammation and for your heart health. Inflammation is at the root of most diseases, so if you want good health it’s crucial to get a handle on it.

BUILDING THE PERFECT RETREAT“I feel like I’m my own science experiment,” says Reeves. “I’m totally interested in health and wellness and part of that was building a retreat centre that caters to that.”

Reeves started her personal meditation practice in 1992 and started going to an Ayurvedic physician a year later. In 1994 she started practicing yoga. “All these practices came to me from di�erent directions and they have really been a major influence in my life.”

In wanting to bring these benefits to others, Reeves co-founded The Sanctuary at Two Rivers in 2012. The Costa Rican yoga retreat is a place where people can escape the stresses of modern life and focus on healing and rejuvenating their body.

The 100 per cent solar-powered, eco-resort boasts a full array of wellness services including massage, skin care treatments, acu-puncture, yoga, meditation and holistic nutrition coaching. The menu serves organic vegetarian and vegan foods such as kale and fennel salad and Thai soup.

Guests are encouraged to connect with Mother Nature and relax. “The houses are very Zen and high up in tree levels,” says Reeves. You are literally surrounding yourself with nature.

YOGA FOR LIFEReeves recently reflected on the last 20 years of her yoga prac-tice and realized that she has gone in and out of several phases. “For a long time I practiced with teachers and did trainings, but now it’s solely a personal practice,” she says. “Sometimes I’ll do yoga six days week and others I’ll do three or four. It depends on my work schedule, my day and how I’m feeling. As we get older, balance and stretching are things that help us age well. If you can stretch, if you can bend over and do those things at 90, you’ll be in great shape. I’m looking at yoga as a lifestyle, as a future and not just an athletic adventure.”

IT’S A FRIENDS AND FAMILY AFFAIR“As a family we lived in a big house in New Hampshire and then had to get rid of a lot of stu� to move to Europe,” says Reeves. “We were each told to take one suitcase. My family shunned TV in favour of reading and exploring literature.” She learned at a young age to collaborate with family and friends as a way to manage stress and maintain a sense of calm.

“I’ve been good at letting the things that used to stress me out, roll o� my back now,” says Reeves. “I’ve realized that all the energy I put into stressful situations is wasted.”

The actor feels that she’s in a really good place. “Sure, I’ve got stress; I mean I’m getting married in June. However we’re col-laborating with friends and making it something really fun. I don’t want to compete with Hollywood-type weddings. We’re making it fun for us. At another time in my life I think it might have been a stressful situation. Now it’s just fun!” VM


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SUNRISE OR SUNSET? While Perrey admits she and her fiancé Aaron Fox love a beautiful sunset, she also loves when she happens to be up when the sun is rising. “I find if I do things in the morning, then I have the rest of my day free. I like to meditate and do my yoga in the morning, enjoy my green or white cup of tea, take the dog out and sit outside. It’s just a nice way to start the day.”


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