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"   Photo: Getty Images  Yesterday, Eucerin hosted a lunch at NYC&amp;#039;s Fat Radish with Top Chef and Just Desserts judge Gail Simmons, the skin care brand&amp;#039;s newest ambassador. In between bites of delicious salmon and salad topped with\u2014you guessed it\u2014fat radishes, we quizzed Simmons on her Bravo gigs and how she stays healthy and glowing amid all those food tasting sessions. ELLE: What&amp;#039;s your secret for maintaining your figure and complexion?GS: Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it&amp;#039;s a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of time eating sweets on TV\u2014cake, cupcakes, donuts, and pudding. It&amp;#039;s a dream job, but at the same time there will be days where I wake up knowing I will eat 15 desserts! When I&amp;#039;m not eating on Just Desserts or Top Chef I eat delicious yet healthy food. The color of food means so much\u2014it&amp;#039;s an indicator of how much nutrients are inside it. Beautiful purple beets, dark green lettuce, bright pink salmon\u2014all that stuff nourishes your body. When you&amp;#039;re good on the inside, it shows. My skin is so much better for it. ELLE: You don&amp;#039;t actually eat everything on Top Chef, do you?GS: No, there&amp;#039;s no way I could eat that much! There are days when I literally have to eat 17 plates of food\u2014it&amp;#039;s intense. It&amp;#039;s about moderation. You just need a few bites to get the gist of a dish. I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future! ELLE: You used to be a professional chef yourself\u2014any food preparation tips?GS: The less you do to beautiful food, the better it&amp;#039;s going to taste. You don&amp;#039;t need to mess with it all the time. We&amp;#039;re always preaching that on Top Chef. It&amp;#039;s like Coco Chanel used to say\u2014get dressed and take one thing off. When you have fresh wild salmon, you don&amp;#039;t need to do a lot to it. Sticking products in a deep fryer isn&amp;#039;t going to do justice to them. When I cook, I consistently use grapeseed oil\u2014it&amp;#039;s a very clean oil and has great healthy fats. And when I make salad dressing, I use flax oil\u2014it&amp;#039;s got tons of omega-3s and a great nutty flavor. I use it as a base all the time. It adds so many nutrients. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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