Actress Eva Amurri Martino Says the West Coast Is the Best Coast for Healthy Livin'

We talked to her about her morning routine, which includes green tea and lemon water

June 20, 2012

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Welcome to My Morning Routine, where we take a look at how people--mostly celebrities--kick-start their day.

Eva Amurri is an actress you might recognize from her role as Jackie on Californication. Or maybe you've seen her in the trailers for Adam Sandler's new movie, That's My Boy, where she and her mom (someone named Susan Sarandon) play young and old versions of the same character. (It's in theaters now, by the way.) Here's what's up with her mornings.

I usually wake up really early these days, usually 7:30 or 8. I'm pretty elderly.

My husband and I just moved to LA, and we're a big green tea household. I have mine with agave and coconut milk. (I can't eat dairy, so I try a lot of alternatives.) I still am a coffee drinker, but I never know when it's going to make me feel crazy. So I only use it when I'm really a zombie--when I really need it.

Actress Eva Amurri Martino Says the West Coast Is the Best Coast for Healthy Livin'

Lately I've been trying to drink a glass of room temperature water with a squeeze of lemon every morning. I can't do hot water, because I know that I wouldn't be patient enough to sit there and drink the whole thing while it cooled down. I figure the health benefits are better if I use warmish water and actually finish it. A doctor just told me on a plane that he wouldn't have any business if people just drank warm water with lemon every morning when they woke up--it's supposed to reset your PH. So I listen to the expert.

I'm definitely someone who, when stressed, forgets to eat. But I also have really low blood sugar; there's about a fifteen minute window when I'm starving until I become a monster. I wish I was one of these people who eat fruit for breakfast, but I'm not. If my husband hasn't left yet, I'll make scrambled eggs and toast, because that's what he likes, but if he's not there, I'll make this thing I had when I was growing up called Runs and Soldiers: you soft boil some eggs and scoop them out into a bowl with toast cut into strips, and eat it with a fork, with salt and pepper.

I wish I could say I had the time to read The New York Times or something really elevated, but I don't.

Things are way different in LA than in New York, as far as food goes. I'm someone who is touched with the casualty of having food allergies, and it sucked on the East Coast. People weren't really attuned to them. But on the West Coast, with almost every menu, you can have almond milk instead of cow's milk. It's way more accessible for me. And in general, it's way more health-conscious out here.

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