Ibrahimovic’s diet (which has only 8% fat): what the Swedish champion eats

Everyone wonders, only he knows. “He’s hungry”, Zlatan Ibrahimovic always replies to those who, especially in recent times, ask him – injuries permitting – how to play to the maximum, to score often (or in any case to serve winning assists because he is a team man) and to win at the age of 40, dribbling boys who, in the registry office, could also be his children. And when he says “he’s hungry,” Ibrahimovic doesn’t lie. That word, “hunger,” means mentality, leadership, training, balance, steadfastness, constancy, self-denial, maturity, anger, pride. And power. Yes, an ‘power supply studied at the table to have a lean physique, with minimum fat mass to guarantee maximum performance. It is a diet aimed at conserving only 8 percent of fat mass, as reported in these hours Gazzetta.it . “I weigh 102 kilos, but I only have 8 percent fat, so losing weight is really complicated for me,” admits the AC Milan Eleven, currently injured and waiting to renew (as it seems) his contract with Milan.
8 percent fat. A negligible percentage. Well understood: this is not to say that fat is to be demonized. On the contrary, fat has its importance: according to nature it protects the organs, covers the joints, keeps the temperature under control, stores vitamins and is an important source of energy. However, the utmost attention must always be paid to fat.
“Researchers affirm that the fat accumulated in our body is a real organ, active and capable of producing many harmful molecules” explains the dietician and nutritionist Francesco Arena. “These substances produced facilitate the onset of many diseases such as: type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart attacks or ischemia of the brain, hypertension and high cholesterol, arthritis, breathing difficulties, fatty liver, hormonal alterations (polycystic ovary syndrome), phlebitis and so on, “adds the expert.
Researchers from the Association of American Doctors as early as 2013 defined obesity as a disease. They estimate that by 2030, 40 percent of people worldwide will be overweight and one in five people will be obese. So Ibrahimovic’s dietary protocol to minimize body fat could be a source of inspiration. With a necessary specification: any nutritional regimen must be tailor-made after consulting a food expert. He will be the one to say what a person should eat based on age, gender, lifestyle in general, the presence or absence of pathologies.
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