Gisele Bundchen has given some interviews in the past where she’s tried to sound all Earth Mothery and like she’s all about feeding her family the most all-natural food ever. But Gisele and Tom Brady’s personal chef has given an interview to Boston.com, and it honestly doesn’t seem like they really eat that much of everything. We’ve seen some intense elimination diets in the past, but Gisele and Tom might take it next-level. Tom, Gisele and their children do not eat: white sugar, white flour, MSG, caffeine, fungus, dairy, peppers, mushrooms or eggplants. They do eat meat though. Lean meat with whole grains, beans and quinoa.
What’s it like to eat like a professional football player and a supermodel? Apparently not very fun, according to an interview with Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s personal chef Allen Campbell.
“Eighty percent of what they eat is vegetables and whole grains: brown rice, quinoa, millet, beans,” Campbell told Boston.com. “The other 20 percent is lean meats: grass-fed organic steak, duck every now and then, and chicken. As for fish, I mostly cook wild salmon.”
However, there are certain vegetables Brady, 38, won’t eat at all.
“[Tom] doesn’t eat nightshades, because they’re not anti-inflammatory,” explains Campbell. “So no tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, or eggplants. Tomatoes trickle in every now and then, but just maybe once a month.”
Campbell does not cook anything involving white sugar, white flour, MSG, caffeine, fungus or dairy for the health-conscious couple.
“It’s very different than a traditional American diet, but if you just eat sugar and carbs – which a lot of people do – your body is so acidic, and that causes disease,” Campbell told the website. “Sugar is the death of people.”
It feels like this “I don’t eat nightshades” thing is a trend that’s happened recently. It’s the new Zone/Paleo diet for 2015-16. And I don’t get it. Eggplants are good for you. The tomato is an amazing antioxidant. Peppers will keep you young and clean out your system. Anyway… except for the nightshade thing, I suspect many celebrities do variations on the no-sugar, no-white flour, no-carb diet. But I could not. Life would not be worth living without carbs and the occasional piece of milk chocolate. And I wouldn’t be able to function without caffeine. So… if you’re ever invited to spend the weekend with Tom and Gisele, just be prepared. Pack an emergency soda and candy bar.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet & Gisele’s Instagram.
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