Shilpa Shetty talks fitness and food in Abu Dhabi

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00:00I was really amazed today. I saw how Ashwagandha looks.

00:04What does it do? Do you know?

00:07I don't know.

00:08I'm going to poke you with this.

00:13Hi Gulf News readers, this is Manjusha Radhakrishnan from Gulf News Tabloid.

00:17I'm here with the vivacious and statuesque beauty, Shilpa Shetty.

00:21And we're doing a very odd thing today.

00:23It's a very odd place to be in with a celebrity, a supermarket.

00:27It's as real as it can get.

00:30She's the real deal.

00:32So perhaps you can tell us, what are we here for?

00:34And I hear you're very fascinated.

00:36I am really fascinated.

00:38I mean, from the point of view of things that I have been looking for.

00:45And I don't know where to honestly find them.

00:49And I found it here, out of the blue.

00:51What is it? What is the secret ingredient?

00:53Look at this. This is an array of herbs.

00:55You know, all Ayurvedic herbs and stuff.

00:59Even red sandalwood stick.

01:01Okay, you're a big thing on everything Indian, right?

01:05I wrote a book called The Great Indian Diet.

01:07So I'm a huge believer and user.

01:11I'm not somebody who just only preaches.

01:13I also practice it.

01:14So I was really amazed today.

01:15I saw how Ashwagandha looks.

01:19What does it do? Do you know?

01:21I don't know.

01:22I'm going to poke you with this.

01:25You can educate me.

01:27Ashwagandha is one of the main properties in any Ayurvedic pill.

01:35What does it do?

01:37See, I'm asking you.

01:39You can educate me. It's a good thing.

01:41It's great for strength and vigour.

01:43As you can see.

01:45You know, there are women who crave during pregnancy to eat clay.

01:52This is that eating thing.

01:54It was a deficiency but clearly not.

01:56It's not.

01:58No, actually it is.

02:00But your body craves.

02:02For example, when you feel the need for calcium, you lose a tooth.

02:08I see.

02:10Which is why they give you D3.

02:12But look at this. It's amazing.

02:14And look at this. It's all fresh flour.

02:16If you were to choose one, what would you choose?

02:18Let's say, what would be in Shilpa Shetty's shopping basket?

02:23I just bought some Chandan Agarbattis.

02:25From Abu Dhabi. I love it.

02:27Can you believe it?

02:29I was telling Vandana ji.

02:31I said, they are going to kill me if they know that I have brought back Agarbattis from Abu Dhabi.

02:35Any particular reason?

02:37Because you know, the ones that you find in Mumbai now.

02:41I feel everything is adulterated.

02:43Even the Agarbattis.

02:45So unfortunately.

02:47But here the smell was so nice.

02:49But is organic a fad? What do you think?

02:51There is a lot of stuff which is also freshly produced.

02:53It's amazing.

02:55I think it's just going back to your roots.

02:57I am someone who really believes that we need to go back to how we used to eat.

03:01At least 70 years ago.

03:03Forget 150 years ago.

03:05If you can just do that.

03:07I remember my grandmother, my mom.

03:09We used to carry wheat to the chakki.

03:11And we used to sit there.

03:13While my maid would get it.

03:17They grind it.

03:20Grind it?

03:22So the grinder would be on.

03:24By the time we would come out, our hair to our frocks would have white flour on it.

03:28But you know, we were healthier.

03:30Today most people are suffering with celiac diseases.

03:32They are gluten intolerant.

03:34We don't know where and how the wheat has been aged.

03:38It's supposed to be aged.

03:40It's supposed to be ground.

03:42There is a lot of stuff that goes into nutrition.

03:44Do you go shopping?

03:46Because I see you are a big celebrity.

03:48You get recognized a lot.

03:50Can you ever shop in a supermarket without being disturbed?

03:52For selfies etc.

03:54I am a housewife first.

03:56I am a mother.

03:58My family's health comes before everything else.

04:02I am really huge into label reading.

04:04So when I shop, I literally do a lot of due diligence.

04:08I am a stickler for good products.

04:10I will go for products that I have used for a long time.

04:14I will read the back of the pack.

04:17Would you go for an unsweetened ginger tea?

04:19Or do you believe in such things?

04:21I really believe that you can make ginger tea at home from scratch.

04:25So why would you go for a packet?

04:27With due respect.

04:29I am somebody who really likes to do things from scratch.

04:31But you need the right ingredients.

04:33So I feel in a scenario like that,

04:35Aadhaar really works for a buyer like me.

04:37I am not just saying it because I have just come to open this store.

04:39I am being really honest.

04:41There is a lot of stuff I saw.

04:43Like for example those jeera biscuits.

04:45Can you show me a packet from there if you have one?

04:47I haven't seen something like that in 25 years.

04:53I remember eating those as a kid.

04:57I remember a lot of things that suddenly brought back a lot of memories.

05:01Like the sabudana chakli.

05:03Simple things like that.

05:05Those are really little joys.

05:07So you like to keep things real, right?

05:09That's it. It's as simple as that.

05:11Look at this.

05:14These are the things we have eaten as a kid.

05:16I have also stacked it here.

05:18Do you eat them really?

05:20Now I don't.

05:22But honestly, if I had to binge, I would binge on this.

05:24Fair enough.

05:26You are also starting an app.

05:28You are a woman of multitasking quite a bit.

05:30What's the app about Shilpa?

05:32Well, I am huge into health and fitness.

05:34And I really believe that

05:36we all have a purpose in life.

05:40I feel like I have found my calling

05:42and I am trying to be a catalyst in this field.

05:44So,

05:46only for Yoi alone,

05:48I am launching my app.

05:50It's called the Shilpa Shetty app.

05:52This is my first look.

05:54It will be launched

05:56on the 6th of May.

05:58Over here, all over the world.

06:00It's going to be the first app from India

06:02by a celebrity.

06:04Everything from yoga to functional

06:06to nutrition.

06:08Nice.

06:11I love her.

06:13Do you follow her as well?

06:15She is quite popular.

06:17With similar fat loss recipes.

06:21What my advantage is over here

06:23is that it's going to be

06:25one of the first from India.

06:27Apple won't put their

06:29name to it.

06:31And they have really been amazed

06:33with the hard work that has gone into it.

06:35And very very supportive.

06:37So, I can download it on my phone?

06:39It will be available worldwide.

06:41On IOS.

06:43So, I can work out with you at home?

06:45You can.

06:47You will not only get to work out with me,

06:49you will get motivation,

06:51you will get push notifications

06:53if you have missed out on your workout.

06:55You will get everything that you need

06:57to reach your goal.

06:59And you will get a nutrition plan with it.

07:03It's never done before.

07:05It's got chapterization.

07:08That's really the feature.

07:10Fantastic.

07:12The main USP of this app.

07:14Can women have it all?

07:18I don't know how to answer that.

07:20I'd sound very pompous

07:22if I said I do.

07:24Clearly you do.

07:26But just wondering how you do it all.

07:28Nothing in life is easy.

07:30You can ask Mr. Dattar.

07:32I don't think opening 40 stores must have been easy for him.

07:34It takes a lot of discipline.

07:36It takes a lot of single-minded,

07:38goal-oriented focus.

07:40But if you're not passionate about

07:42what you're doing,

07:44you're not going to find success in it.

07:46Whatever I've done in my life,

07:48I find a certain passion in it.

07:50It has to be something that I resonate with.

07:52I can't just practice it

07:54without reaching it.

07:56I try to bring a bit of flavor of me

07:58in everything I do.

08:00For all those people,

08:02not just women,

08:05fitness and health is a difficult feat to achieve.

08:07It's not.

08:09That's what I'm saying.

08:11It's not rocket science, guys.

08:13It's really simple.

08:15You have to make a small lifestyle modification.

08:17But you have to have the will to do it.

08:19And discipline.

08:21Discipline for success.

08:23Discipline for weight loss.

08:25Discipline for anything that you want to

08:27feel happy with at the end of it all.

08:29That is the key.

08:31There she goes.

08:33Such a pleasure.

08:35We will check out the app.

08:37Go to the App Store and shop for my app as well.

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