On the Internet, a statement of the Italian movie star is popular that it looks good precisely thanks to these pasta products. We decided to check if the actress said something like that.

In the Russian -language segment of the Internet, this phrase is common in several versions: "To everything that you see, I owe spaghetti","Everything that I am, I owe spaghetti" And "Everything that I have is obliged to spaghetti". The formulations are also popular "Everything you see, I owe spaghetti", But this is obviously incorrect translation, because in this case the meaning of the phrase is lost. The statement is often found at sites with selections of quotes of famous personalities. He was published by the media (for example, "Arguments and facts","Kommersant","Dog" And "Television program"), As well Entertaining And Culinary Portals. Place this phrase on their pages and users of social networks ("VKontakte" Facebook*, Instagram*) And Platform blog.

The Italian movie star really loves spaghetti, and not only there, but also cook. This is evidenced and evidenced Photos, on which she poses with this dish, and the number of recipes with this type of pasta, which Lauren included in her culinary book "In the kitchen with love"(There are nine). In the book "Woman and beauty"The actress writes:“ Finally, good news - eat more pasta! Here I am supported by both gourmets and nutritionists. How do I manage to keep the figure, absorbing so much spaghetti? They often ask me this question, furtively looking around my hips and waist. So, now well -known authorities confirmed what Italian mothers have known for centuries - products from the test benefit the body. ” Nevertheless, “verified” failed to find a widely dispersed quote in either these or other books of the actress.

Apparently, Sophie Loren is right that pasta can even be eaten by those who follow their weight. In a portion of 150 g of boiled spaghetti Contained 239 kcal. Research (including spent in Italy, where Pasta is the traditional part of the diet) Confirmthat people can eat several servings of pasta per week without harm to the figure instead of other carbohydrates. At the same time, do not forget about the sauce - it can significantly increase the calorie content of the dish. Therefore, in his book, the movie star advises: “If you water pasta with fat gravy and sauces, there is nothing to hope for a positive result. Eat spaghetti with sauce made of tomatoes and unrefined olive oil. For greater sweetness, you can add finely chopped carrots. ”

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Unlike the Russian -speaking segment of the Internet, there is no quote in the wording of the quote in English -language discrepancies, it sounds like “EVERYTHING You See, I Owe to Spaghetti". The earliest mention of this phrase with the attribution of Sophia Loren, which was “verified”, was to find an article about the actress in the journal Life dated August 11, 1961. The publication says: “She eats everything that caught her eye, washed down with red wine, and when she is teased about her appetite, she seductively squints, provocatively brings her shoulders and speaks in a voice May West (American actress and singer. - Approx. "Checked"): "Everything you see, I owe Spaghetti." Note that this was not an interview, but a story about the actress, written by Life journalist Dorah Jane Hamblin. It is not clear from the article whether Hamblin met with Lauren to write the material and whether this phrase from the lips of the actress was personally or based on the articles published in the media earlier, the stories of familiar movie stars, and maybe just suggested that Loren could say something like that.

After that, the phrase met in other articles about Lauren, for example, in a note of the newspaper Family Weekly From September 10, 1963, where the author wrote: “... when she was warned of her love for Spaghetti (which she likes to drink red wine), Sophie replied:“ Do you not know that everything you see, I owe spaghetti? ” Judging by the almost accurate coincidence of the phrase about spaghetti and the mention of red wine, it can be assumed that the author of the note of the Oppenheimer feast was inspired - consciously or not - an article by Hamblin.

In 2015, 54 years after the release of the article in Life, the reporters of The New York Times decided to find out whether Loren said something like that, and asked the actress directly during interview On the occasion of the publication of her memoirs "Yesterday, today, tomorrow." The movie star answered unequivocally: “Non è vero! This is not true. This is such stupidity. I am obliged to spaghetti-no, no. These are all inventions. ”

Thus, despite the fact that Sophie Loren, apparently, really loves Spaghetti, she does not think at all that she owes something to them. “Verified” could not find any sources where the corresponding phrase would sound directly from the mouth of the actress herself. Even the earliest articles, where the quote was mentioned in connection with Loren, were the stories of her journalists who, perhaps, did not even meet with a movie star for an interview. But even if we assume that Lauren still could pronounce such a phrase in the distant 60s, and then forget about it, now she clearly does not adhere to such a point of view and considers this phrase stupidity.

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