Mario Lopez Talks About Eating Healthy

Better.TV talks to Mario Lopez about his new book on how to eat right for your body.

Audra Lowe: Team might have the best abs literally in the country. We are talking about extra host Mario Lopez who’s all about getting as extra lean. He’s got a new book out, it’s about embracing food enjoying life to the fullest but also taking care of your body at the same time. So we talked to Mario about how he came out with this fat burning plan that he says it’s going to change the way you eat for life. From dancing with the stars to Broadway to acting, to hosting extra, he might be one of the busiest people in show business. Mario Lopez: It’s hard and it’s a lot busier to me because I’m constant I’m working like 14 hours a day and every minute almost accounted for. Audra Lowe: So Mario says, there is no excuse when it comes to eating right even when you are on the go. Mario Lopez: I have a little backpack as I brought with me today and I got bananas and almonds and oranges and different stuffs in there and cut vegetables so there is a lot of on the go snacks. Audra Lowe: His new book extra lean is not a diet book; Mario says it’s a way of life. Mario Lopez: In diet some were people work, the one thing I want to get across in this book is that I want to embrace food. I love food and people love food so there is no reason to not eat everything you want just knowing about how to it, when and how much. Audra Lowe: The inspiration behind the book came from the women in his family. Mario Lopez: I wrote this book with women in mind because I have women in my family, my sisters, my mother lots of female cousins and aunts and obesity is finally featured to my family as well as to my culture and so I wanted to help them. Audra Lowe: And his made all the recipes in the book. Mario Lopez: And they’re tasty fun, easy recipes that I can do it and you can do it, it’s easy. Audra Lowe: With the help of his long time trainer and food trial Mario came up with his fat burning plan. Mario Lopez: It’s no secret that the only equation for losing eight is a healthy balance of diet and exercise and with food there is a lot of mystery and there is a lot of confusion and there is lot of people they just start part are scared to really kind of change of ways of eating and that’s what I want to heart break those nuts and it help to educate them and give people the right information to help them kind of how to know for start food. Audra Lowe: Like forcing control. Mario Lopez: And it is easy sometimes just getting more play. Audra Lowe: Mario hopes extra leans going to get you to change the way you eat for life. And Mario was also the fitness ambassador for the boys and girls club of America, his book extra lean is available now.