Madonna eats ghee, so should you: Shilpa Shetty

Looks like age hasn���t touched you for two decades! You look the same, so sexy at 40... (Laughs) Thank you. Well, maybe it���s because I���m a very happy person from within, always positive and full of gratitude. If you follow this good things will automatically follow you.
You are known to be a fitness freak. What is your diet regime like? See, it���s simple, you are what you eat. I���ve given up non-vegetarian food for a while, I still maintain a high fibre diet although I am a

Mangalorean

and love fish and coconuts. I drink water with raisin and almond milk in the morning. I make it a point to have two spoons of ghee in my food. Jaggery, brown rice, dal and turmeric in your food also work wonders. On a Sunday you can cheat and have your bhajias, biryanis. The problem with people here is that they have forgotten the value of Indian food ��� Madonna wahan foreign mein rehke, apne toast pe ghee lagake khati hai, aur yahan humlog pagal ho gae hai joh olive oil me khana bana rahe hai. Also, one should take care to eat on time. Some people work for 14 hours a day and don���t eat on time. If you make these mistakes you are going to regret it later.
You also got back to shape really fast post pregnancy. How did you manage that? I was like every new mom after I gave birth to my son, all worried about not being able to lose weight. I just decided to keep it simple. Everything takes time and needs hard work. Every person has a different body type so just focus on being fit and everything else will follow.
Does your husband Raj follow suit when it comes to keeping fit? Raj used to be 110 kilos and now he���s 85 (laughs). He still has some weight to lose and I believe it���s definitely a good start. He has become more aware of eating right and I feel I���ve been a good guide and inspiration for him.
You seem to be enjoying your motherhood as we don���t see you doing films anymore... I���m a full time mother and a part time professional now (laughs). The only time I get some ���me time��� is when my son is in school. But, it is completely worth it as I share a beautiful bond with my son. As far as films are concerned, I keep getting offers from both Bollywood and Tollywood as well, but I have not come across something so interesting.
Your husband (Raj) had recently said that ���Shilpa has got me fame and I got her money���... (laughs) That���s so Raj. Well, in front of me somebody asked him, ���You���ve become famous because of Shilpa��� and he joked, ���It���s a very difficult job you know. Somebody had to do it���. But on a separate note, we both are self-made people. We value that fact and that���s what makes our relationship even stronger.
What is that tattoo on your wrist... It���s a swastik which means higher sense of self and also it gives me 10 times more power than anything else. Ab kala tika to lagake ghoom nahi sakti, so swastik ka tika hi sahi (laughs). Moreover, I believe in it.

Anything you miss about Hyderabad?
When I was doing for my first Telugu film,

Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya

, Raghavendra garu used to say, ���Shilpa, you���re too thin, you need to gain some weight���. I used to feel frustrated (laughs). Jokes apart, I���ve very good friends out here. I will come back soon to gorge on biryani, haleem and kebabs.