Alia Bhat's daily diet plan in Bulgaria

cinema |  Suryaa Desk  | Published : Sat, Mar 17, 2018, 11:49 AM

Alia Bhatt made her Bollywood debut at 18 with Student Of The Year and in the years since, has transformed into one of the industry’s top stars. Seven years since her first movie, Bhatt is looking fitter than ever, thanks to those workout sessions she lets us into every now and then on Instagram. Currently in Bulgaria (where she celebrated her 25th birthday yesterday) with Ranbir Kapoor for her new movie with Ranbir Kapoor, Brahmastra, the star still makes sure she keeps up with her workout and diet schedule.


Just earlier this week, she posted an Insta Story with Hollywood celebrity nutritionist Angie Kassabie, thanking her for looking after her diet needs in Sophia, Bulgaria. We caught up with Kassabie, who’s worked with everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Britney Spears, Robert De Niro, Eva Longoria to John Travolta, Lady Gaga and Gerard Butler, who gives us insight into Alia Bhatt’s custom diet plan while she’s on the job in Bulgaria.


How Kassabie made her mark in the nutrition world
“After university, I started working with the parliament in Bulgaria, and I worked with one of the ministers there who lost a lot of weight right before the elections. [It] was a very big boost for me. I was on the first page in all the newspapers in Sofia in Bulgaria, and that’s how my career started. Then I started working with the Warner Brothers Studios, New Boyana, New Image, Millennium Studios in the US, and now I am working with Bollywood, which I am proud of.”


On how her health journey with Bhatt began
“I started working with Alia since she got to Bulgaria, or maybe a week later. Alia’s someone who is super committed to healthy food, she is mostly vegetarian. She wanted to stay fit, she wanted to get healthy meals, full of all the nutrition her body needs. She’s shooting at the Warner Bros Studios and the staff there knows I’m one of the leading nutritionists in Europe and the Middle East. That’s how Alia got to know more about me. I met with her, she liked the way I think and was happy with what I suggested for her. We started it off as a trial; she liked it and we kept it going, and will keep working till the end of the shoot.”


Alia Bhatt’s daily diet plan in Bulgaria


“Alia’s diet started off with clean food—mainly seafood and vegetables, a little bit of carbs in rice and a bit of protein pasta. Of course, we’re having all the fibres in the morning with proteins. We’re also giving her desserts on a regular basis—low in carbs, fats, cholesterol and very low in calories—where every piece contains between 160-260 calories. For a couple of days, we go on a detox from time to time, where she has juices that are super good in taste and flush out all the toxins from her body. These help her reduce fat, provide energy and help her achieve her goal weight. We stopped the detox for a couple of days for her birthday—her birthday surprise was a protein-rich, low-fat, low-carb, low-calorie chocolate cake.”


 


On eating right at work


“Alia is in good shape. She is someone who works out often and tries to stay fit as much as she can. The goal of every good diet plan and meal is weight loss and having enough energy so you can take all the hours of work, especially in very low temperatures. The body needs a lot of energy in the winter in Bulgaria, which is approximately minus 14 to 15 degrees. We basically gave her all the nutrients to meet her goals, to keep her body fit and drop the couple of kilos she wants to drop.”


 


The diet tips Bhatt keeps in mind to stay healthy


“If she has to be shooting almost all day, there is a lack of time for several meals. If they’re not ready in time and they’re not nutritious, she wouldn’t be able to last throughout several hours of a shoot. Plus, if she doesn’t have the right nutrition, the right portions and skips meals, she’d be gaining weight. That’s why she knows that it’s absolutely wrong to skip meals. On long shoot days, we had to follow a specific nutrition plan including small portions, with heavy and good nutrients that will give her the energy needed shooting. She kept on sipping on detox drinks that are full of fibre, antioxidants and nutrients throughout her whole stay, even when she was having normal meals and not on a diet plan.”


 


How Kassabie’s diet plan works for celebrities post-shoot


“I supply all the meals for Alia throughout the day; that’s what I used to do with all the Hollywood celebrities. We provide everything according to your body’s needs to drop the extra weight and have enough energy. The main thing [for me] is that they get pleasure from what they eat. In my meals, everything is planned that way, and everything is cooked with a very specific technology where you get the exact taste. Especially the desserts, which are super low in calories and high in good nutritional value and proteins. Sometimes she has five meals, sometimes she has nine meals, sometimes seven, others she has four. It’s according to how long her day is, when she starts working and when she stops. We not only help during shoots, but also follow up when they go home or when they go abroad, because that’s the kind of system we have.”








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