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A few dietary secrets from Angelina Jolie!

Last updated on: April 27, 2011 18:13 IST

Image: Angelina Jolie
Photographs: Cover of Vanity Fair Magazine, August 2010

Here's what's behind this Hollywood A-lister's age-defying beauty.

Lean, vibrant and gorgeous, she's the envy of women and desirable to men across the world.

Being mother to six children doesn't seem to have fazed her at all and each time she steps out onto the red carpet she triggers a frenzy of flashbulbs.

So just what is it that Angelina Jolie is doing right? Here are a few of her dieting secrets!

  • She concentrates on eating whole foods.
  • She does not involve sugar in her diet.
  • She always prefers to eat food in a seated position.
  • People refer to Angelina's diet as the Candlelit Diet, indicating that she does not eat in a room which is bright.

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No processed foods, please!

Image: Angelina Jolie
Photographs: Cover of Vogue Magazine, April 2002
  • The actress' diet consists of extremely low-fat organic foods.
  • She also includes nuts and other healthy sources of fat in her diet as she knows well that a no-fat diet is harmful.
  • She avoids the consumption of processed foods.
  • Her protein menu comprises soy milk, beef and steamed fish.

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A number of small meals a day

Image: Angelina Jolie
Photographs: Cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, August 2003
  • Angelina loves steamed vegetables.
  • Occasionally, the gorgeous star indulges in sinful favourites, but she controls her portion intake.
  • A number of small meals a day helps boost her metabolism, while preventing her digestive system from being overworked.
  • Some sources have revealed that Angelina believes in the Stone Age Diet, which requires omission of wheat-based foods and red meat with special consideration for fruits, fish and raw salads.

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A customised diet plan for customised needs

Image: Angelina Jolie
Photographs: Cover of Vogue Magazine, March 2004

Angelina Jolie changes her diet plan in accordance with her role requirements in movies. For example, during the filming of Tomb Raider, she focused on high-protein, low-carb foods to build up her muscles. She added protein shakes to her menu to assist her in the process of giving a new shape to her body. Not much information can be obtained on the lean beauty's special diets, but it can be concluded that she focuses on the intake of low-fat, low-carb foods.

It is also known that when Angelina was pregnant with her twins, Brad Pitt was pretty nervous about her calorie intake. Major parts of her diet have been kept a secret.

Although some facts remain unexplored, it can safely be said that you are what you eat -- and this actress' glowing complexion and perfect figure drive the point home!

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