Gabrielle Union on eating during the pandemic: 'I just eat whatever brings me joy.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
Gabrielle Union"To be fully transparent, I go in and out of you know being healthier on some days than others," Union told Katie Couric during anUnion, 47, said that her general philosophy around food is to "try to eat to feel good."
"Before all of this eating healthy made me feel good, and now I just eat whatever brings me joy," she said."My need for crust has become kind of crazy," she said, adding that she prefers pie crusts made with real butter or lard. Before the pandemic, Union's exercise routine involved working out three times a week for 50 minutes. Her routine included full-body strength-training moves, such as squats and lunges, and six minutes of cardio, she toldNow, Union hosts at-home "quarantine workouts" with her husband, retired NBA star Dwayne Wade, on the free app, FitOn."There's no blueprint for it," she said. "It's weird, it's scary, it's terrifying, it's maddening.
Indeed, turning to comfort foods is a very normal reaction to the current pandemic situation, Kris Sollid, a registered dietitian and senior director of nutrition communications at the International Food Information Council, previously told"It's okay to have an indulgent item once in a while, as long as your other choices and meals are providing good nutrition over time," Sollid said.
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