Eva Longoria, 49, says she’s doing ‘everything’ to age well — from cold-plunging to red-light therapy
Eva Longoria’s wellness routine includes meditation and strength training.
Eva Longoria’s 50th birthday is fast approaching, and she’s more than ready for the milestone.
In an interview with Marie Claire published on Wednesday, the “Desperate Housewives” actor shared a list of wellness practices she lives by.
“I’m cold-plunging; I’ve got red lights on; I strength train with weights; I meditate; I’m journaling,” she said. “I wake up with the sun; I’m doing the grounding; I have an Oura ring to track deep sleep; I’m taking magnesium and other supplements.”
“I’m doing everything. Not because I don’t want to age but because I do want to age,” said Longoria, who turns 50 in March.
“For me, age is just a number, but I’m excited,” Longoria added. “I refuse to believe my greatest success is behind me.”
In 2016, Longoria told “The Cut” that people should prioritize their time and efforts toward wellness.
“Everything is about balance. I think people waste more time than they think. They think, ‘I don’t have time to meditate,’ or ‘I don’t have time to work out,’ and yet they have time to be on Instagram for 30 minutes — like, that could have been their meditation session,” she said.
For Longoria, exercise is not just something she does. “It’s part of my life,” she told “Today” in June.
Longoria, who has a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, said she usually does strength training and trampoline cardio. She also said she eats in moderation and has no hard and fast rules for restricting her diet.
“I’m lucky that I gravitate to healthy things. I love fish and vegetables. I love chicken and vegetables. I love beef and vegetables,” she said.
A representative for Longoria did not immediately respond to a request for comment from B-17 sent outside regular business hours.
Simple habits to age well
As humans live longer than ever, antiaging procedures — from stem-cell injections to plasma exchange therapy — are all the rage among wealthy longevity-seekers.
But the key to aging well may lie in simple everyday habits. In November, Venki Ramakrishnan, a Nobel laureate and the author of “Why We Die,” shared three habits he lives by: eating nutritious foods in modest portions, cycling every day, and getting eight hours of good-quality sleep every night.
Sleep, in particular, is “a way of resetting things and regenerating things,” he said.
Like Ramakrishnan, Mary Ní Lochlainn, a researcher in geriatric medicine at King’s College London, includes exercise in her daily routine. Besides cycling, she adds resistance training to build muscle mass and prevent frailty. She also consumes vitamin D supplements and practices intermittent fasting, she told B-17 earlier this month.
It’s also important that these habits are picked up early. “People think ‘I’ll do all of that later,’ but actually, it’s much better to just be doing it now,” she said.
