TikTok sensation Nara Smith has opened up about some of the factors that contributed to her decision to start making her food from scratch. The model and internet star recently revealed in a candid interview that it was her struggles with eczema and other autoimmune issues, as well as her eventual lupus diagnosis, that forced her to reevaluate how and what she eats.
If you have spent time scrolling through Instagram this year, then you have definitely come across Nara’s elaborate cooking videos, the ones where she makes everything from scratch while wearing over-the-top looks and speaking in a whisper. Nara, who is married to model Lucky Blue Smith, recently revealed in a interview with Who What Wear that part of the reason why she started to make all of her food from scratch was due to a flare-up of her eczema and her eventual lupus diagnosis, which she received when he was pregnant.
“It forced me to really reevaluate how I eat and what I put into my body,” she explained.
According to the Mayo Clinic, lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that “attacks your own tissues and organs” and can cause inflammation in a person’s “joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs.” The Lupus Foundation of America also added that while there isn’t a specific diet a person has to follow when they’re diagnosed with the disease, “healthy eating can make a big difference in your lupus symptoms and your overall health.”
Nara explained that when she began making her own food from scratch, she also explored making some of her kids’ and husband’s favourite snacks from scratch as well. “A lot of times—believe it or not—Lucky’s actually craving something, or he’s like, ‘I want you to cook this,’ or my kids ask me for random things,” she continued. “People think that’s just my tagline, which it is, but that’s actually the truth. They actually do want these things.”
While several commenters on her viral recipe videos joke about her kids waiting to eat because she makes everything from scratch, Nara revealed that she will feed them off-camera in an instance when a recipe takes a longer time to complete.
“I feel like people think it’s super hard or takes super long, which some recipes for sure do,” she said. “Sometimes, I’m in the kitchen for seven-plus hours [and] sometimes, some things are so much easier to do than one might think. It’s fun to show people that they can actually make mozzarella if they want to at home in like 30 minutes.”
Along with her elaborate recipes, Nara is also known to dress up for her videos, which she said adds to the fun of it. “I don’t get to leave my house that much to work,” she explained. “I don’t have a normal 9-to-5 job where I get to go to the office and maybe wear something fun, so my way of just feeling cute and feeling kind of fun is dressing up in the kitchen.”
“I feel like my videos are me but just more enhanced, more polished,” she continued. “It doesn’t feel like I’m playing a character because, technically, it’s just me, right? [I’m] just speaking quietly and dressed well, but it’s me.”
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