Angela Bassett Speaks Out About Eating Healthy

Angela Bassett champions having a healthy diet and continuously speaks out on heart health. According to Business Insider, her mother died from type-2 diabetes-linked congestive heart failure. She says the issues that killed her mother have “become an epidemic” in America. The actress said she likes to think of food as medicine and as fuel, not just as something enjoyable. Bassett said she avoids refined, processed foods and tries to incorporate “healthy fats” into her diet.