NBA is very particular about its diet. What do superstars who make millions of dollars a year eat?

The NBA regular season lasts for half a year from October of the previous year to April of the following year. If the team is strong enough to enter the playoffs, then the players will have to participate in many more games. Sometimes after a season, players have to participate in more than 111 games in eight months.

In this long season, the competition density is quite high, with an average of three or four games a week. In such a high-intensity, high-density game, it is not easy for NBA players to keep their competitive state all the time. Scientific training is a necessary aid, but a reasonable diet is absolutely essential.

NBA officials don't have any hard and fast rules about diet. After all, NBA players are not children, so they can't take care of everything. Therefore, in the league, there will always be some examples of poor health caused by careless diet control. For example, the Spurs' Dior, whose weight soars every offseason, has to add a weight restriction clause to Dior's contract in order to control his weight. Only when Dior keeps his weight within a certain range can he get full salary.

Another example is Salinger who was abandoned by the Celtics and joined the Raptors. A large part of the reason why my career has been falling all the way is that I can't eat properly and control my weight.

So, how do the stars in the NBA plan their diet if they can keep their figure, competitive state and physical fitness all the time? Are there any differences between them and ordinary people in eating? Next, let's take a look.

James strictly controls his diet in order to have a better career.

Big men also have a big appetite.

NBA players are big and consume a lot, so they naturally need a lot more food every day than the average person. But how much do they eat every day? Let's look at two recipes first.

First of all, the recipe of Borzingis in 2115:

Breakfast: 4 fried eggs, 3 pancakes, 3 slices of bacon, 1 cups of fruit and boxed protein powder drinks.

lunch: about 311g of chicken breast, a bowl of coarse rice and a bowl of vegetables.

dinner: about 251g of chicken breast, a bowl of coarse rice and a bowl of vegetables.

Extra meal: an energy bar, 4 slices of whole wheat bread, 4 tablespoons of peanut butter, 1 tablespoons of jam, 1 cup of milk with 2% fat and 1 slices of chocolate cake.

According to statistics, this diet of Polzingis allows him to consume about 4,111 calories a day, while generally speaking, normal adult men only need to consume 2,111 calories a day. Because of the heavy consumption of competition and training, Boshen's recipe is not too exaggerated.

Let's take a look at James' cookbook in 2114:

Choose one of the three choices for breakfast: 1. Vegetarian omelet with turkey and bacon, accompanied by fresh fruit and hash browns.

2. Slice whole wheat bread, spread with peanut butter or almond butter sauce, and serve with banana, blueberry and Greek blueberry yogurt.

3. Sandwiches made of whole wheat muffins and eggs, avocado salads, milkshakes made of fruits and low-fat yogurt.

lunch choice: 1. Spinach salad, vegetables, roast chicken, topped with olive oil and vinegar sauce. Put sliced strawberries, apples or oranges on it, or eat fresh fruit directly.

2. Whole wheat bread is made into a Turkish sandwich, and spinach, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, bean sprouts and yellow mustard are added. Vegetable salad or fresh fruit salad.

One of the two choices for dinner: 1. Large portions of roasted salmon with nuts, steamed vegetables with olive oil or balsamic vinegar juice and freshly squeezed lemon juice. A spice made of rosemary and seasoned with Chili powder.

2. a large portion of chicken or shrimp, with soft-fried tortillas and whole wheat cakes, chopped spinach, black beans, avocado and tomatoes, and seasoned with Chilean peppers. Top Greek yogurt, or other low-calorie yogurt.

Extra meals: popcorn (yes, popcorn, which James often ate with a bucket of popcorn during the training interval), prepared fruits, vegetable salad, purified water and vegetable juice.

For seven years, James didn't eat any pork, including three years without eating any red meat. Compared with Borzingis, James wants to eat more and his nutritional structure is more suitable. It is no wonder that at the age of 31, the competitive state and physical state are so good.

After reading the above two recipes, perhaps most fans' first impression of the players is: "Good appetite!" Indeed, eating a lot of tasteless chicken breast at a meal has long gone beyond the scope of food, but only to have enough energy reserves during training and competition. The effect of these devil's recipes is obvious. In the second season of his NBA career, Porzingis has made great progress in both muscle and confrontation, and this strict diet regulation plays a very key role in it.

One thing that many fans may not know is that earlier in his career, James set himself a different recipe than the one above. In order to better maintain his competitive and physical state, James decided to abandon the original diet plan and re-establish the above-mentioned diet plan for himself. However, with the weight loss, James gave up this low-carbohydrate diet and readjusted his diet.

two famous diets

when it comes to the recipes of NBA players, especially James, we have to talk about two famous diets. In fact, a considerable number of players use these two diets to control the intake of calories and nutrients.

The first diet is called low-carbon diet. The key to this diet is to reduce the intake of carbohydrates as much as possible, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing muscle and reducing fat. Scientifically speaking, low carbohydrate intake can make human body enter a metabolic state called ketosis, in which fat will be used as an energy source instead of glucose in liver and blood.

it sounds mysterious, but in fact, it is easy to understand that a low-carbon diet can make the body burn fat quickly. The disadvantages of this diet are also quite obvious. Some people can enter the ketosis state, so everything is easy to say. However, some people can't enter the ketosis state, and a series of adverse reactions such as hypoglycemia follow. Whether or not this ketone is produced in the human body and how much it is produced depends on heredity, if nothing else.

In other words, James effectively lost weight with this diet. But this is only an individual case, and there is no universal applicability. It depends entirely on everyone's talent, so don't imitate it at will. Moreover, although this diet basically does not eat carbohydrates, the amount of food eaten every day is quite amazing. In that season, James ate seven meals a day and drank four liters of pure water alone. It is no wonder that James had an addiction to popcorn on the sidelines whenever he seized the opportunity in those years.

Another diet is called primitive diet, which is much more normal than low-carbon diet. As the name implies, the primitive diet is to let what you eat return to the primitive era. As long as it is artificially made, you don't eat it or basically don't eat it. You only eat what existed in the primitive era. There are many things in this recipe of Porzingis mentioned above that follow the primitive diet.

There are two famous representatives who adopt this diet, one is Kobe, and the other is Grant Hill. According to Lakers trainer Gary Vitti, Kobe's diet in the team is different, including a lot of grass-fed beef and butter, which are the core ingredients in the primitive diet. In addition, Kobe is very cautious about the intake of sugar and carbohydrates. Grant Hill remained in a good state until he was about 41 years old, and the primitive diet was also the key. Hill uses a lot of fructose in fruits instead of white sugar to meet the daily sugar intake, and also eats a lot of beef, chicken and mutton.

Hill also inadvertently revealed the true meaning of primitive diet in an interview. Hill said: "If something was eaten by our ancestors millions of years ago, I would eat it. If not, I won't eat. "

In addition to these two diets, I'm afraid many people have not thought of another key for NBA players to maintain good eating habits.

prepare snacks! Yes, it is to prepare snacks.

Many p>NBA players prepare snacks according to their own recipes. If they feel hungry between meals, the snacks in these recipes can help. Without these snacks, players will almost certainly go to buy junk food such as hamburgers and hot dogs, high-calorie food such as ice cream and chocolate. Even athletes who strictly follow the diet have little resistance to these foods. Instead of eating these, it is better to eat snacks prepared by yourself.

The lunch that the p>2113 rookie had when they took the makeup photo

Those stars who have been doing it for years

It is not difficult to stick to a fixed diet for several days, but it takes a lot of perseverance to keep eating only a few things for several years or even more. James decided to give up the low-carbon diet in 2115, on the one hand, because of the constant threat of hypoglycemia, on the other hand, he couldn't stand the monotonous diet and wanted to make some changes.

But there are many people in the NBA who stick to their diet.

Jeremy Lin, who is familiar to China fans, is one of them. According to Jeremy Lin's own disclosure, he basically didn't eat greasy food since high school, and even never ate chicken skin. Meat and milk are the main components of his diet. Jeremy Lin once revealed himself that he would have five eggs and a little turkey for breakfast, protein powder drinks after training, salads, sandwiches and chicken for lunch, and macaroni and chicken and protein powder drinks for dinner. Besides these foods, Jeremy Lin drinks 8 bottles of water every day. And his living habits have not changed since the beginning of his career.

Of course, players like Jeremy Lin are no exception, and Ray Allen is also very strict about his diet. Allen's diet choices on the match day are basically the same. He never drinks alcohol, even in the offseason, he will not gain weight at all, and he can stage a one-stop dunk at the age of 41. Ray Allen himself once said: "As a basketball player, our health is our capital. We need to eat the right things and get enough sleep and rest. We need to eat a diet that can ensure our strength and state. "

Think about Ray Allen in those days, and look at Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter this season. If they were not strict about their diet, it would be impossible for them to maintain such excellent physical condition at such an old age.

Another big eater in the NBA is undoubtedly Steve Nash, who once revealed a whole set of his own diet methods.

Eat a certain amount of fruit, whole wheat bread and almond paste for breakfast. Have a roast chicken or grilled fish for lunch, and a salad made of vegetables and nuts. Dinner is grilled or baked fish or chicken, as well as vegetable salad and coarse rice. Usually pay attention to prepare snacks, almonds or cashews for yourself, and you need to drink plenty of water. When I need electrolyte, I will consider coconut milk, which has the highest electrolyte concentration.

it's definitely not easy to stick to these recipes. Those who clamor for losing weight every day need to learn more from these NBA stars.