Tom Brady can expand his legend this morning in Super Bowl LV in which his Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face off against Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs. He is already the player with the most titles in history with six, the one who has lifted the most MVP with four, the one with the most finals, the most touchdown passes, the most passes completed. But he wants more, that’s why he carries out a restrictive diet that allows you to compete at the highest level at age 43.
A few years ago, the athlete himself explained through a book how he nourishes his body to compete, with a combination of philosophies and a predominance of vegetables, but without suffering or being radical: “The regime that I follow is a mixture of Eastern and Western philosophies Some of these principles have existed for thousands of years. My nutritional regimen may seem restrictive to some people, but it is not natural for me to eat otherwise“, published in ‘The TB12 Method’.
But before going directly to the food you eat, we must highlight the maxim that Brady follows: always stay well hydrated. In fact, as soon as you wake up, you drink a glass of more than half a liter of water infused with electrolytes, during your morning training you continue to drink, and at the end of the day ends with an amount between 12 and 25 glasses of water, far from the 8 recommended at least by the World Health Organization. “I put electrolytes in practically everything I drink“, he explains, substances that are responsible for balancing the amount of water in the body, the pH level, transport nutrients to the cells and regulate blood pressure.
Real foods and whims too
Brady gets up early, at six in the morning, and after the pertinent glass of water, he prepares a smoothie with blueberries, banana, walnuts and various seeds, thus providing an immense amount of antioxidants, fats and calories to face the eight in the morning training. After exercising, always within 20 minutes, consume another shake, in this case with protein powder, almond milk and more electrolytes.
The Buccaneers quarterback spends a short time without eating, and the foods you eat tend to help reduce muscle inflammation, with alkaline products such as spinach, broccoli, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, or even dandelion infusions. In addition, he is quite strict when it comes to combining the products. For example, he does not eat fruits with other foods because “it is bad for digestion”, he does not combine proteins with carbohydrates such as bread or potatoes and he does combine everything with vegetables, because according to the player’s personal chef they occupy 80 percent of his diet. . Avocado, eggs, salads with fish, hummus, nuts, roasted vegetables, chicken, blueberries, apples, bananas, cucumbers, spinach … Many products and many ways to combine them, all to perform at your best both in your training sessions and in games.
Of course, if one day he has a whim, he gives it to him: “If I feel like bacon, I eat it. The same goes for pizza. You should never restrict what you really want. We are human, and we only have one life, “he explained in this case for Men’s Health.” What has changed as I get older is that If I want pizza, I want the best pizza. Not like one that tastes awful and then asks me, ‘Why am I eating shitty pizza?’ But all without drama and without feeling of guilt: “I have a friend who gets on his nerves if this or that is not the most organic thing. And I tell him: ‘That stress is going to hurt you much more than eating that potato chip“.