Listen to your body first. Allow it to respond at a healthy pace. Some people get their results quickly, some take a while, says Kinita Kadakia Patel. (Photo: PR handout). Over two decades, Kinita Kadakia Patel has worked with numerous celebrities, including Alia Bhatt, Huma Qureshi, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, and Genelia D’Souza. While she points out that most of her clients are sincere and disciplined, Kinita is quick to add, “If they are non-compliant, I’m always there to pull them up.”. But not just stars, the metabolic reset and body transformation specialist has also been associated with the Mumbai Indians as their nutritionist for 15 years, “designing match-day nutrition strategies, recovery protocols, hydration frameworks, and endurance-focused plans—supporting athletes performing at the highest level of competitive sport.”. In this exclusive interaction, the nutrition expert tells indianexpress.com about her clients, who are the hardest working, who get all their portions right, and also shares a few learnings for those seeking to transform.. Here are the edited excerpts:. Q. As a body transformation specialist, what are the 5 things you never do?. Kinita Kadakia Patel: A few things are a big no or a big mistake when someone is trying to change an individual’s body composition to transform:. *Sugar. *Inconsistency in sleep. *Taking all supplements together without understanding the role of each. *Only concentrating on sardio OR HIIT workouts and not doing enough resistance training. *Not listening to your body and giving it the desired break to rest and deload. Q. You are a well-known name in nutrition who helps and guides numerous celebrities to look and feel their best. But what is the one wellness mantra you swear by for yourself?. Kinita Kadakia Patel: Eat to perform. Performance is not just in sports; it’s also in everyday life: at work, in the gym, while studying, etc. All of this is interlinked with the way one eats. So, eat foods that take you forward and help you perform and don’t eat foods that pull you down and make you underperform.. View this post on Instagram. Q. Your association with the Mumbai Indians as their nutritionist goes back almost 15 years. While each player’s requirements differ, is there a common practice you follow — especially on match days?. Kinita Kadakia Patel: Sports nutrition for cricket is more about providing the right food for each player to power through the game and following a specific hydration plan to meet fluid demands. In any sport, match-day nutrition is usually planned based on the food consumed on training days, and we rarely try new food options on match day. The key to success is sticking to tried-and-tested foods the individual’s body is used to.. Q. From Alia Bhatt, Ananya Pandey, Genelia D’Souza, Shweta Tiwari, Soha Ali Khan, and Jimmy Shergill to Ayan Mukherjee, you work with many stars. Who would you call the most sincere, and who struggles to follow the p
