Salma Hayek Swears by These 5 Habits to Stay Youthful at 58

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1. She Embraces Her Age

Salma is growing older and embracing her age. "You can kick a-- at any age," she said during an appearance on Red Table Talk. "You can hold your own at any age, you can dream at any age, you can be romantic at any age. We have the right to be loved for who we are at the place that we are. We're not just here to make babies, we're not just here to baby the man. We're not just here to service everything and everyone around us and then when the kids go away ... it's almost like expiration date for the eggs means an expiration date for you as a woman. It's a misunderstanding that has been going around for centuries.

2. She Doesn’t Break a Sweat

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In an interview with People Salma admitted she doesn’t have the “discipline” to wake up and break a sweat. “‘I don’t have time to exercise, I am working,” she said. Instead, she does restorative yoga. “I work with a woman in London who taught me how to hold my body in a way where the muscles are activated all day long,” she explained. “So even when you brush your teeth, you’re working the muscles,” she continued. “She taught me to tone my muscles without clenching them. You relax them and focus on the parts that need to be used, but never with tension. If you’re aware of your body, you’d be surprised by the effect it can have.”

3. She Walks Her Dogs

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Another way Salma stays fit? Walking her dogs. “This is my version of exercise and these are my #dogs coaches ... These are my trainers!” she captioned an Instagram post of herself taking her dogs out for a stroll.

4. Meditation Helps Her Lose Weight

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How does Salma look so great? “I don't think I am some hot tamale, but I know that for my age, for the lifestyle that I lived, I'm not doing too badly. And I attribute all of this to meditation," she told InStyle. She uses breathing techniques she learned to treat lower back pain. "It makes you experience your body with a lightness that's really delicious and satisfying. With the breathing and the going inside, you explore your body in a different way, and you learn not to go crazy with the expectations."

5. She Doesn’t Diet

You won’t find Salma starving herself. “I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it,” she wrote on her website. Instead, she fuels up on fruit, veggies, and leans meats and fish. She also loves juice. “When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort,” she continued. “After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.”

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1. She Is Aging-Positive

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“You can kick a-- at any age," she said during an appearance on Red Table Talk. "You can hold your own at any age, you can dream at any age, you can be romantic at any age. We have the right to be loved for who we are at the place that we are. We're not just here to make babies, we're not just here to baby the man. We're not just here to service everything and everyone around us and then when the kids go away ... it's almost like expiration date for the eggs means an expiration date for you as a woman. It's a misunderstanding that has been going around for centuries.”

2. She Does “Restorative Yoga”

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Salma confessed to People she doesn’t have the “discipline” to wake up and break a sweat. “‘I don’t have time to exercise, I am working,” she said. Her exercise of choice? Restorative yoga. “I work with a woman in London who taught me how to hold my body in a way where the muscles are activated all day long,” she explained. “So even when you brush your teeth, you’re working the muscles,” she continued. “She taught me to tone my muscles without clenching them. You relax them and focus on the parts that need to be used, but never with tension. If you’re aware of your body, you’d be surprised by the effect it can have.”

3. She Meditates

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Salma attributes her agelessness to meditation, she told InStyle. "It makes you experience your body with a lightness that's really delicious and satisfying. With the breathing and the going inside, you explore your body in a different way, and you learn not to go crazy with the expectations," she says.

4. She Avoids Restrictive Diets

“I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it,” she wrote on her website. Instead, she fuels up on fruit, veggies, and leans meats and fish. She also loves juice. “When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort,” she continued. “After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.”

5. She Eats As Plant-Based As Possible

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“The only thing I do is that I don’t eat animals every day. I eat all kinds of meat, but I consume it sparsely,” Salma dished to the New York Times . “I would never eat two meats in a day. Sometimes I go several days without eating meat, but then I’ll go back.”

6. She Indulges in Self-Care

Regular massage is part of Salma’s wellness routine. "Massage oxygenates, activates the circulation, and keeps the muscles healthy and firm. I cannot tell you, even just for the lymphatic [system], what the massage does for the face," she told Vogue.

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1. Salma Doesn’t Do Diets

You won’t find the actress trying out the latest trendy diet. “I don’t like to diet and I’m not good at it,” she wrote on her Cooler Cleanse website. In a previous interview with More, she elaborated on her love for eating. "Everybody has a weakness and mine is food," she said. "If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you’re in a good place and you’re in a bad place at the same time."

2. She Rarely Eats Meat

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Salma once explained to the New York Times that tries to keep meat-eating to a minimum. “The only thing I do is that I don’t eat animals every day. I eat all kinds of meat, but I consume it sparsely,” she explained. “I would never eat two meats in a day. Sometimes I go several days without eating meat, but then I’ll go back.”

3. She Juices

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Salma is a big fan of juicing, so much so that she started her own company, Cooler Cleanse. "When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort," she explains on the brand’s website. "After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button."

4. She Consumes a Lot of Produce

Fruits and veggies are a big part of Selma’s diet. One of her unique specialties is something she has dubbed "breakfast special"—a chopped up salad of papaya, blueberries, mango, strawberries, pomegranate seeds, celery, red pepper, and cucumber, atop almond and coconut butter and yogurt. "It doesn’t sound like it tastes great but it’s delicious,” she exclaimed on Instagram.

5. She Shies Away From Traditional Exercise

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"Some people have the discipline to exercise in the morning, and I didn't develop that," Salma once explained to People, revealing her unique workout method. "I work with a woman in London who taught me how to hold my body in a way where the muscles are activated all day long. So even when you brush your teeth, you're working the muscles," she continued. "It's restorative yoga. She taught me how to tone [my muscles] without clenching them. You relax them and focus on the parts that need to be used, but never with tension. If you're aware of your body, you'd be surprised by the effect it can have."

6. She Dances on the Treadmill

“I hate working out, but I love dancing,” she joked on Instagram in a video demonstrating her moves on a treadmill. She also stays active by walking her dog. "This is my version of exercise and these are my #dogs coaches ... These are my trainers!" she shared in one Instagram post.

7. She Gets Massages

Salma claims that massage is great for her body. "Massage oxygenates, activates the circulation, and keeps the muscles healthy and firm. I cannot tell you, even just for the lymphatic [system], what the massage does for the face," she told Vogue.

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1. She Loves Juicing

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Hayek is a fan of the popular diet secret of juicing. In fact, she loves juicing so much, she helped found a juice company called Cooler Cleanse. On the Cooler Cleanse website, Hayek revealed that she’s been juicing for 15 years, and that it’s really helped her. “When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort,” she says. “After doing a juice cleanse, I’m motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I’m putting into my body. I’m making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.”

2. She’s Driven To Workout

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Hayek’s trainer, Sara Shears, tells Shape that the actress has a lot of drive and always works hard when it comes to fitness. She says, "Salma is super smart and has so much drive! She always puts all her effort into her workouts and that's the reason she gets results. I can't say enough good things about her."

3. She Varies Her Workouts

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Hayek’s trainer, Sara Shears, says that she likes to do a lot of different workouts with the actress. "We did a lot of kickboxing, dance type workouts with strength training and ball work," Shears says to Shape. "We'd build up cardio and high-intensity interval training with exercises that really bring the heart rate up. Salma is super petite, so adding in the strength training really gave her some nice muscle definition and lines to accentuate the beautiful body she was born with."

4. She’s Got Good Posture

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Hayek says one of her secrets to staying healthy is having good posture, and that she works with a specialist to help her learn the best ways to maintain it. “I work with a woman in London who taught me how to hold my body in a way where the muscles are activated all day long,” Hayek says to People. “So even when you brush your teeth, you’re working the muscles.” Hayek also says that her specialist taught her to work her muscles all day, without getting sore. “It’s restorative yoga,” she explains. “She taught me to tone [my muscles] without clenching them. You relax them and focus on the parts that need to be used, but never with tension. If you’re aware of your body, you’d be surprised by the effect it can have.”

5. She Gets Regular Massages

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When it comes to anti-aging secrets and wellness secrets, Hayek says she avoids things like botox. Instead, she prefers to get massages, and says that they have a lot of benefits for her body. "Massage oxygenates, activates the circulation, and keeps the muscles healthy and firm. I cannot tell you, even just for the lymphatic [system], what the massage does for the face," Hayek said to the Inquisitr.