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Tom Brady, a man who has famously eaten exactly one strawberry in his life, now says his diet isn’t actually as restrictive as we all think it is. For instance, now that Brady is repping the chocolate brand Ferrero, he’s eating chocolate bars in commercials.
“I think it’s moderation in all things,” Brady said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “People have gone kinda overboard with the rigidity of my lifestyle or diet.” He added that he has kids and they celebrate Halloween and birthday parties like a normal family, but he tries to make healthy choices as often as possible. “But when you’re watching football games and you’re at games, you’re traveling and you’re in airports, I understand the reality of life as well.”
One can be forgiven for being surprised. Earlier reporting has indicated that Brady abstains from white sugar, white flour, MSG, coffee, caffeine, olive oil, iodized salt, fungus, dairy, and nightshade vegetables. The last time I can recall seeing this man consume sugar was in an oddly sensual social media ad for a brand of non-GMO and reduced-sugar candy called Unreal Candy. But if Tom Brady is eating real candy now, good for him.
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