Kavin Bharti Mittal's fitness mantra: 60% plant-based foods, no dairy or sodas

Fitness enthusiast and Hike CEO Kavin Bharti Mittal opens up about the benefits of his new diet plan — from going gluten and dairy-free to intermittent fasting.

You are what you eat — this is the maxim fitness enthusiasts swear by. All the hours in the gym can quickly come undone if you are not careful about what you consume. Hike founder Kavin Bharti Mittal recognises this and supplements his daily workouts with a strict diet.

He recently shared with ETPanache how he streamlined his dietary intake in 2018. “Approximately 50-60 per cent of my food [intake] is now plant-based. It took me six months to get there. I don’t have dairy, gluten or sodas [aerated drinks],” he said.



Mittal also discovered the benefits of intermittent fasting. He has been practising it for more than four-five months. It’s basically fasting between previous night’s dinner to next day’s lunch, skipping a meal (breakfast) in between. “It’s incredible how effective this is. The body doesn’t need as much food as one thinks,” he said. He does, however, allow himself an occasional cheat day (one every two weeks or so). But he prefers to utilise them when he is travelling. “Pizza and chocolate chip cookies are my go-to. But it’s tough to get really good chocolate cookies that are gluten free in India. Cheat days are best when I’m travelling,” he said.