{"id":3222,"date":"2024-01-16T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2024-01-16T10:17:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:17:28","slug":"the-secrets-of-cristiano-ronaldos-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/les-secrets-de-lalimentation-de-cristiano-ronaldo\/","title":{"rendered":"The secrets of Cristiano Ronaldo's diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A model of longevity, the Portuguese footballer continues to impress the footballing world despite being 38 years old. Among the factors that allow him to maintain a very high level of performance are his lifestyle, and more particularly his dietary habits. A closer look at Cristiano Ronaldo's diet.<br \/>\n<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have worked with many top-level athletes from different sports, and many of them have been examples of work and perseverance. But I must admit that Cristiano takes work to another level and is a subject of study on what to do and how to do it. He performs at the highest level at an age when most footballers have been retired for years.\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tribute, published in the columns of the Spanish newspaper Marca at the beginning of 2024, is from Jos\u00e9 Blesa, the nutritionist of the Saudi club Al-Nassr, in which Cristiano Ronaldo plays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsurprisingly, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner takes his diet very seriously. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00abA good workout must be combined with a good diet. I eat a high-protein diet, with plenty of wholegrain carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables, and I avoid sugary foods.\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">A Manchester United player stopped putting sugar in his tea and coffee following the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo after witnessing the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's approach to diet. (@TheAthleticUK)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tIKJEji5eO\">pic.twitter.com\/tIKJEji5eO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gio CR7 (@ArobaseGiovanny) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArobaseGiovanny\/status\/1447914526263873544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 October 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cristiano Ronaldo eats up to six times a day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is undoubtedly the key takeaway from CR7's nutrition: he eats six small meals a day, spaced 3 to 4 hours apart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00abEat regularly\u00bb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he asserts. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00abIf you train regularly, it is important to maintain a high energy level to fuel your body for better performance. I sometimes eat up to six small meals a day to make sure I have enough energy to perform each session at the highest level.\u00bb<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CR7's healthy diet<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He prioritises healthy and nutritious foods, such as fruit, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins. His breakfast consists of cheese, ham, low-fat yoghurts, as well as plenty of fruit and avocado on toast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For lunch he particularly likes fish \u2013 especially swordfish, sea bass and sea bream \u2013 and his favourite dish is *bacalhau \u00e0 br\u00e1s*, which is a mixture of cod, onions, finely sliced potatoes and scrambled eggs. He is also a fan of the classic steak and green salad.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is an example of what Cristiano Ronaldo's diet can be like during a single day:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breakfast: coffee, Greek yoghurt, fruit, toast with ham and cheese, nuts and seeds<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lunch: salad, grilled chicken or grilled fish, vegetables<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dinner: tuna and vegetable pasta<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snacks: fruit, protein bars, Greek yoghurt, wholemeal bread, sardines<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cristian\u2019eau Ronald\u2019eau<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like most athletes he drinks a lot of water, but above all he is uncompromising with other drinks, especially sodas. We remember that in 2021, he had removed a bottle of Coca-Cola from the desk at the press conference he was attending, exhorting people at the same time to drink water. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't drink alcohol either. His father died of a liver tumour as a result of alcoholism, which perhaps explains why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, it is known that since his time in England \u2013 he played for Manchester United from 2003 to 2009 and then from 2021 to 2022 \u2013 Cristiano Ronaldo has been a tea lover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His strictness is not limited to drinks, as generally he avoids sweets, as well as processed foods, frozen foods, and saturated fats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eternal and ageless footballer, <a href=\"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/7-inspiring-quotes-from-cr7\/\">Cristiano Ronaldo is an inspiration<\/a> for many fans and athletes around the world. His immense career with its impressive statistics is the result of the combination of talent, mindset, training, and of course nutrition, or more generally what is known as invisible training.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mod\u00e8le de long\u00e9vit\u00e9, le footballeur portugais continue malgr\u00e9 ses 38 ans d\u2019impressionner le monde du football. Parmi les \u00e9l\u00e9ments qui lui permettent de se maintenir \u00e0 un tr\u00e8s haut niveau de performance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sante-et-nutrition","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3224,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions\/3224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3222"}],"curies":[{"name":"well played","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}