Super-skinny Angelina Jolie ate a high-carb, low-protein diet for Salt, says trainer

Angelina Jolie underwent fight training 3-4 times a week (for two hours at a time) and ate a
low-protein, high-carb diet while filming the espionage thriller Salt in order to maintain her
tone and prevent weight loss. (Photos/Columbia Pictures)

Angelina Jolie bucked the Hollywood diet trend and ate a high-carb, low-protein diet while filming Salt in order to prevent losing weight while shooting her high-voltage stunt scenes.

"Angelina has to have 70% carbohydrates and 30% protein diet with an anaerobic training regime (as opposed to aerobic), so she can put muscle on without losing weight," Jolie's stunt instructor, Simon Crane, told Self.

'NO JUNK FOOD'

"Sticking to four or five meals a day routine as much as possible [was key]," Crane added. "Then when she reaches a good body level that we like, we change it to 60%-40% favoring carbs. No junk food, no empty calories, and alcohol only on weekends."

Jolie, 35, did 99% of the stunts herself in the spy thriller Salt, in which she plays a CIA agent accused of being a sleeper Russian spy. While some actresses prefer not to run around and get dirty, Angelina, who admits she "never stops moving," prefers to do them herself as much as she can.

Crane, who has worked with Jolie for several years, says she had to wear protective pads in order to prevent scrapes, cuts and bruises.

 "When she did the jump/fall [in a scene where Jolie jumps from a bridge onto a moving truck below], she was wearing a rucksack which we put a lot of soft padding in," explains Simon. "She also wore elbow, hip and knee pads. The stunt was accomplished by a combination of real fall and wire work."

ANGELINA DID MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING 3-4 TIMES A WEEK

Angelina, who previously took up karate and weight lifting when she played Lara Croft in the 2001 and 2001 blockbusters, also underwent fight training for Salt.

"For her fight training, we got her learning a combination of Muay Thai and Krav Magha very early on," says Crane. "We would then pick the moves she was best at and combine them into a sequence."

He recalls: "The training, at the early stages, took up about three to four sessions a week, lasting approximately two hours each. When we started filming, we trained during lunch breaks or on the weekends."

He adds: "One of the important issues was to bring Angie's body and mind up to a level of fitness that would enable her to take on same of the physical pressures of Salt. I work with my usual team and her stunt double, Eunice Huthart, is also her trainer (which is lucky, since Angie does 99% of her own stunts, Eunice would otherwise be unemployed!)"

Salt, which co-stars Liev Schreiber, opens July 23. [see slideshow below]

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