Race against time: why 54-year-old Halle Berry looks 20 years younger

Special agent, superheroine, supervillain, James Bond girl - in what looks has Halle Berry not appeared on the screens. She conquered the audience not only with her acting skills and natural charm, but also with an amazing figure. And if 16 years ago the beautiful form of the actress was not surprising, today it is difficult to believe that she recently turned 54.

Having exchanged her sixth decade, Halle Berry may well compete for the title of the most attractive figure with sex symbols of the new generation ... However, the artist herself does not consider her appearance to be something surprising. According to her, this is just the result of regular exercise and proper nutrition. So how does she manage to keep herself in such great shape?

Keto, no carbohydrates or sugar

On her Instagram page, the actress regularly shares the secrets of their nutrition and a healthy lifestyle in general. For many years now, Holly has followed a low-carb, high-fat, moderate-protein keto diet. She believes that this approach helps the safest and most smooth shedding of extra pounds.

The actress completely abandoned sugar at the age of 19, after that she was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.

I'm sure that the shape depends a lot on what and when you eat. I have been fighting diabetes most of my life, so I take my food choices very seriously. The keto diet helps me stay in great shape: it burns calories effectively, helps to lose weight quickly, controls appetite and improves skin condition. It also slows down the aging process, says Berry.

The basis of her diet is fat - about 75%. Proteins account for about 20%, and carbohydrates - only 5%. One of the main conditions of the keto diet is avoiding sugar and flour products. Also banned are processed meat products (such as sausage), high starch vegetables (corn and potatoes), fruits, dried fruits and alcohol.

The actress's menu consists of vegetable and butter, nuts, eggs, mushrooms, meat, poultry, fish and seafood, as well as fermented milk products and vegetables with a high dietary fiber content.

In addition, Holly occasionally arrangesThere are intermittent hunger strikes, when for a certain time (from 8 to 24 hours or more, depending on the characteristics of the body) nothing at all can be eaten. As a rule, Berry eats twice a day - she skips breakfast or replaces it with a green smoothie, and already has a full meal for lunch and dinner.

A typical daily diet for an actress looks like this:

Breakfast: Powdered beet juice or green smoothie.

Lunch: pasta bolognese, but green beans instead of pasta.

Snacks: cherry tomatoes, stuffed cheese, green onions.

Dinner: baked fish, olive salsa and cauliflower puree.

Fur seal training, yoga and boxing

However, proper nutrition is not the only thing that allows Holly, at 54, to look 20 years younger. Regular workouts help her to keep her figure and skin toned. For four years now, the actress has been working under the clear guidance of one of the best Hollywood coaches - Peter Lee Thomas.

Berry trains five times a week, alternating between different types of activities - yoga, boxing, strength and cardio. In addition, Thomas often develops plans based on the training of SEALs, the elite US Special Forces unit.

When it comes to cardio, Holly often prefers 30-minute intense workouts with exercises on abs, hips, buttocks and lower back. According to the actress, her workout is divided into five phases:

• 5-minute warm-up;
• upper body exercises;
• lower body exercises;
• abs exercises;
• 5 minute hitch.

However, sometimes the mood is not conducive to full-fledged activities, the actress admits. On days like this, she does a quick and easy but still effective mini workout. In 10 minutes, Berry does 10 exercises of 10 reps each:

• Push-ups from the floor.
• Kick Squats
• Plank running.
• Burpee.
• Raising the legs up and to the side on all fours.
• Dumbbell Rows
• Straight forward lunges.
• Forward kick in crab pose.
• Plank saw
• Jump Squats.