Eat Like A Champion -- The Tom Brady Diet
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Whether on the athletic playing field or in the corporate boardroom, maintaining a level of peak performance may be a matter of how you are fueling your body.
Just ask Bay Area native and NFL star Tom Brady.
In his new book -- "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance" -- that hits the shelves shi week at the local bookstores and online with Amazon, Barnes And Noble and Simon & Schuster -- Brady talks about his daily diet that is keeping him at the top of the NFL at the age of 40.
Brady said a good power diet begins with the ingredients and knowing what is in your food.
"We have a garden out back," Brady told CBS' Norah O'Donnell. "So we have a lot of vegetables, all the salads come from our garden...Just a lot of good healthy stuff."
For breakfast, the New England Patriots star begins his day with a smoothie.
"I eat a smoothie most of the time," he said. "You know, like a really calorie-dense, nutrient-dense smoothie. So my ideal one was like a blueberry smoothie with some seeds and some nuts, some electrolytes, some protein powder...I love almond milk... a little rice milk from time to time."
Brady sticks to mostly a plant-based diet, but does allow for some lean meat and poultry.
"I'm not opposed to meat, obviously," he said. "We have roast chicken. So, like, you know, there's a little meat. But it's usually, like, little meat and vegetables; sometimes it's, you know, like some type of pasta. It wouldn't be like a, you know, flour pasta or anything like that but-- yeah. Somethin' that's gonna just keep inflammation down."
Brady believes proper hydration and a well researched diet, along with pliability are keeping him on at the top.
"I love to work out," Brady said. "I love to train. And I love to eat good. You know why I love to eat good? 'Cause it makes me feel better. And if I feel better, then I can work out more."
"And if I can work out more, I go play soccer with my kids on a Saturday in the backyard, and then go play a football game on Sunday."
