What do we know about the balanced diet of Cristiano Ronaldo?

Fans of big sports with interest read any materials that are relevant to their idols. They are equally interesting, and what the famous athletes eat, and how they live, and according to what pattern they train.

The other day it became known what kind of food is preferred by forward Real Madrid, one of the world's richest football players Cristiano Ronaldo. It turned out that the favorite dish of a rich and famous athlete is a salted and dried cod, the food of the poor in Portugal.

Bakalao, the same cod, used to be very popular among poor Portuguese, but after the Second World War the price of this fish jumped dramatically and very soon the salted cod became a real delicacy.

As a side dish to the bakalo, Ronaldo chooses salads from fresh vegetables. The chef of the Portuguese national team warns that the favorite dish of a football player can not be eaten every day, because one portion of it contains 500 calories.

What eats and what does not drink Ronaldo?

Footballer shares his daily diet for 4 meals. The athlete completely abandoned sugar, but takes multivitamins and joint preparations, regularly drinks protein cocktails. To keep his metabolism in the normal state, Cristiano eats a lot of vegetables and herbs, observes an abundant drinking regimen. Every day it consumes about 3000 calories. We can say that the athlete adheres to the Mediterranean diet, which is not surprising, given where he comes from. In the diet of a football player, fish, seafood, vegetables predominate. All products are cooked on the grill or baked.

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Footballer does not drink alcohol, because he does not want to end his life, like his father, who died of alcoholism at 51. Alcohol Ronaldo prefers fresh juices, but sometimes can afford a glass of expensive wine, for holidays, as an exception. He refused sauces, and almost does not eat garnishes.