Out here, a dark-skinned woman's traditional hair color is honey blonde'). In 'How to Look Spectacular: A Starlet's Confessions', Kaling gives her tongue-in-cheek secrets for surefire on-camera beauty ('Your natural hair color may be appropriate for your skin tone, but this isn't the land of appropriate - this is Hollywood, baby. In Why Not Me? Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it's falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or, most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you're constantly reminded that no one looks like you. The promotion of healthy habits was very compelling for me, and told me that I could be confident in the values and community at Olipop.From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal. Not only was I very drawn to the mission at Olipop, but also to the founder (Ben Goodwin)’s personal story about mental health and its connection to our bodies. It’s also super important to me that the values of the companies I invest in align with my own values.

Rather than try to change the deeply ingrained habit of consuming soda, Olipop thought, “Why not promote a healthier alternative to people who drink traditional sodas and help transform soda drinkers’ physical and mental health for the better?” I really felt great about that mission.

Heavy sugar consumption and the ingredients in traditional sodas are super unhealthy, and too much unhealthy eating leads to serious health problems including mental health problems. Since then, I’ve learned that Olipop is a very special company with an amazing mission. I loved that it was a prebiotic and good for your gut, and it was delicious I knew it was a product that I wanted to be involved with.

I went to Erewhon in Los Angeles and I first discovered Olipop on their shelves. Around the same time, I became passionate about mental health and learned that gut health was a big part of that too. Courtesy of Olipop Why she invested, in her own wordsĪ few years ago, I started to become focused on healthy eating.

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