In today’s digital world, everyone is influenced by celebrities and famous celebrity nutritionists, where everyone wants to look great. But is that the only thing one should look up to? Nobody wants to get into the fact of how great they want to feel. People are just blindly following recent trends like 1 tsp ACV in hot water after waking up or ghee coffee, as these are the recent trends celebrities follow. But have they ever wondered if such a thing is going to suit their body type? Well, NO, nobody thinks about that. All they think about is how great they can look to fit and flex on Instagram or other social media platforms.
In India, celebrity dieticians play a major role in shaping the health and image of Bollywood stars, athletes, and influencers. They focus on tailored nutrition plans that are balanced and sustainable according to their body type, goals, and concerns. Celebrities, in general, don’t have a particular long-term goal since their profession is such that their appearance matters the most according to the given character they need to portray. Actors and actresses sometimes need to get super skinny for a particular shot or sometimes they need to bulk up and gain weight according to their specific character requirement. They go through a lot of diet and lifestyle modifications to attain their specific goal requirement.
Celebrity nutritionists like Rujuta Diwakar, who is known for Kareena Kapoor’s transformation from size zero to post-partum weight loss, and Pooja Makhija, who works with Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Johar, etc., are well-known celebrity nutritionists. Similarly, other celebrity nutritionists like Luke Coutinho, Nmami Agarwal, Kinita Kadakia, etc., are well-known athletic and sports nutritionists.
Ever wonder what celebrities eat? Let’s learn about India’s topmost dieticians and their secret diets that keep celebrities fit and healthy.
Number 1. The first and foremost thing: personalizing through deep assessment. This is one of the basic rules for every nutritionist who plans a customized diet — the nutritional assessment of their client. The assessment is not just about the lifestyle but includes their entire body blood workup, their hormones — are they balanced or not — or if there is any other underlying medical condition. Body composition is ruled out by checking body fat, muscle mass, and visceral fat. Some lifestyle modifications are to be made like proper rest, proper sleep for the body, maintaining circadian rhythm, travel plans, shoot schedules, activity levels, ruling out stress factors, etc. — all these are the major thumb rules before customizing their diet. Then come their goals like fat loss, muscle gain, stamina, etc.
After the major lifestyle and nutrition assessment is done, then comes their eating factors. Celebrities are always advised to eat an anti-inflammatory and clean diet so that there’s less inflammation, which will lead to less bloating and gastric issues and better immunity as well. Also, to maintain glowing skin and build lean muscles. Also, the less the inflammation, the better the hormone balancing, which will help lose more fat easily as inflammation holds on to fat percentage. And so a gluten-free, vegan, and sugar-free diet is advised for them to follow permanently. Apart from that, their diet will always be rich in fiber, so a maximum amount of fruits, veggies, soups, salads, and omega-3 rich options like fish, mixed seeds, and dry fruits are included in the diet.
For female actors, modifications are more in the diet to sync with their menstrual cycle, and foods are given accordingly, which helps to balance their hormones and their menstrual cycle and phases of the menstrual cycle like the follicular phase, ovulation phase, and luteal phase, where they consume specific foods to ease out their PMS pain, mood swings, and maintain good hormonal health.
Apart from that, the major outlook is balancing their micros for both male and female actors. A high-quality protein with good fats and complex carbs loaded with fiber is the major goal for them. Of course, it also depends on their type of goal for the particular shot, and likewise, the diet is customized for those particular days, but daily requirements of macronutrients are surely not compromised.
We all know that a balanced meal with proper workout and proper rest and recovery is the best way to maintain health, which applies to everyone and not just celebs. But looking into our current lifestyle, even if we have balanced meals, we don’t follow proper discipline the way celebs do. They make sure that even while travelling or during hectic shoot days, they will not miss out on a day of workouts or have back-to-back cheat meals. Even while traveling, their diet is taken good care of, and they will not indulge in any other unhealthy varieties. Hence, consistency and discipline are the keys, but they are most followed by celebs. For celebrities and influencers, their major goal is their appearance, but they don’t blindly run behind appearance or follow the current trends or fad diets, as their bodies go through a lot during the process of short-time fitness transformation. Hence, the biggest reason why they can make their transformation as early as possible is because they have been disciplined and consistent with diet, workouts, eating habits, sleep patterns, and better activity levels.
Early dinners are the best way to maintain a good and healthy life. Our Vedas and Ayurveda also practice early dinner habits even in today’s world, as it supports better digestion and gut health. The better the health, the better the mental health is, as the gut and brain are interconnected. Hence, athletes and celebrities all focus on practicing meal timings, as early dinners help to maintain a better intermittent fasting window, which also helps to maintain better hormonal functioning.
In addition to this, their workouts keep on varying every few months depending on their given concerns and goals. This adds a lot of modifications made in their pre- and post-workout diet options to maintain the best muscle strength and lose a good amount of fat in the given time. When we talk about the relationship with food, it should be a healthy relationship, including balanced and mindful eating. There are ample amounts of benefits that can build up healthy habits towards food and lifestyle modifications. One of the major benefits is reducing stress, improving health and immunity, better body image, and long-term sustainability — and this is what celebs have been practicing and prioritizing for years.
Here, when we talk about discipline and dedication, in an interview actor John Abraham once said he hasn’t touched sweets in 25 years — that is the amount of discipline they give to themselves. And of course, we all know how actress Shilpa Shetty loves her Sunday binge, but the amount of hard work and dedication she has put into herself to tame her body is what has made her the fitness queen of Bollywood. Hence, cheat meals are acceptable and should be done — but once you reach your particular goal — and it should always be a cheat meal and not a cheat day, where the entire week’s hard work is ruined in a day. Hence, maintaining a healthy lifestyle with proper balanced meals, workouts, and practicing mental well-being can lead one to an amazing lifestyle and make them feel better and more confident, says our best nutritionist of India, Prachi Shah.