Dr Dhurandhar's Fat-loss Diet by Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar

Author:Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India
Published: 2018-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

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Aamir Khan’s Perfect Dangal

In June 2015, I met someone who would prove to be one of my most challenging patients ever. A patient with a nearly impossible goal. Mr Aamir Khan told me about a movie he was shooting – Dangal, the true story of wrestling legend Mahavir Singh Phogat. For the first part of his shoot, he had gained a lot of fat to portray the ‘old Mahavir’. Now, for the second part he had to lose this gained fat, and more, to play a chiselled ‘young Mahavir.’ Providing guidance to lose fat is what I do, and indeed have done for thousands of patients. His next request, however, was an extraordinary challenge.

To be at his most muscular, Aamir Khan needed to not only lose multiple kilos of fat, he had to simultaneously gain several kilos of muscle. This is physiologically very difficult. The body loses weight (either fat and/or muscle) if it has less food than it requires in a day (also known as dieting). The body gains weight (fat and/or muscle) only if it has more food than it requires. In other words, muscle loss occurs during food deficit and muscle gain requires conditions of food surplus. How can the two happen at once? More so, I had only worked with patients – especially with challenging requests – in person. How was I supposed to treat a jetsetter like Aamir Khan, who was halfway around the world?

I looked back on my thirty years of experience as an obesity researcher, and the 15,000 patients I had treated for obesity as a physician, and decided to use a very specific, highly calibrated protein-powered diet. For a dedicated dieter, this works stunningly well, and Aamir is an extraordinarily disciplined and capable individual. Through his efforts, those of his exercise trainers and my guidance, the diet worked. He lost approximately 17 kg weight, including 13 kg of fat and gained a net 2 kg of muscle (and even more gross muscle gain). He reached the desired goal of having less than 10 per cent body fat for shooting. Successfully treating Aamir from nearly 15,000 km away encouraged me to share a version of this diet to help others. That was the genesis of this book.

I should mention that my father, Dr Vinod Dhurandhar and I have treated people for obesity who come from all walks of life and occupations. This includes celebrities from different fields, politicians, prominent leaders or professionals, or individuals from the film industry. One thing we are extremely careful about is honouring the doctor–patient relationship and protecting the patient’s privacy. Hence, we have always been tight-lipped about our patients, and have never used the names of our high-profile patients to get publicity or attention for us. Aamir Khan would have been no exception and he would have gone without any mention by me. However, it was Aamir who publicly announced my name as his nutritionist for Dangal, and the floodgates of inquiry opened. Before starting to respond to all media and personal inquiries, I contacted Aamir.

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