No fried food or artificial sugar
Dropping fried food, artificial sweeteners and artificial drinks, at least while competing
Nothing fried, no artificially sweetened drinks and no artificial sugars, with fruit sugar still allowed. That is the whole rule. Athletes apply it hardest in season, when the body is under the most load and recovery matters most, then loosen it in the off-season. It is easy to follow because it names only a handful of things to avoid. Whether the sweetener ban does anything is contested; cutting fried food and sugary drinks is uncontroversial.
People on record
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- LeBron JamesDoes it
Basketball player · NBA all-time leading scorer
In season he cuts fried food, artificial drinks and artificial sugars entirely, keeping to natural sugars and whole foods while his body is burning so much. Off-season the artificial drinks come back from time to time, by his own admission.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #349 transcript: LeBron James and Mike Mancias
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