Usually, the diets of sports stars contain a variety of elements that cover their needs and help them deliver high performance, and they make sure to avoid junk food and soft drinks, but some sports stars follow unique diets that may be strange.

British Olympic champion Thompson Daly has confirmed that the secret of his success in the Decathlon races is soft drinks, potato chips, and refraining from eating vegetables.

Ronaldo and Haaland

The British newspaper "Daily Mail" reported that the secret of the Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo (36 years), has a high physical fitness and an ideal athletic body, is due to the strict diet that he follows and the division of his sleep periods.

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She said that the Juventus star follows many tricks and techniques to be at his best, as he focuses in his diet on eating small amounts of food, but divided into 6 meals a day, to meet the high nutritional demand of being a soccer player, and to support the rapid metabolism that he must enjoy. Most of the athletes.

The Portuguese star has been using a dietitian since he was a player at Manchester United, when he wanted the diet to give him explosive muscle and an athletic, low-fat body.

And depends on eating whole grains, fresh fruits and lean proteins found in fresh fish, in addition to a lot of salads, and consumes cheese, low-fat yogurt, fruit juice and avocado for breakfast.

Chicken is considered one of Ronaldo's magic foods because it is rich in protein and low in fat, and he avoids liquor or even fizzy as well as red meat and frozen foods.

Following in the footsteps of Ronaldo, several press reports stated that the rising Norwegian star Erling Haaland, 20, began to follow some of Ronaldo's ways to raise his physical level, including the healthy diet of the Portuguese star.

In a report published in the British newspaper "Daily Star", writer Natasha Weinarchik reviews some of the strange eating habits of world sports stars, such as Jamaican runner Usain Bolt and swimming legend Michael Phelps.

Jimmy Vardy

The Leicester City striker revealed in his diary his favorite diet, which is mainly based on soft drinks and the "Red Bull" energy drink.

Fardi said that on the night of each match he drank 1 can of "Locosad" and 3 cans of "Red Bull".

Usain Bolt

When he grabbed the limelight at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jamaican runner Usain Bolt was following a diet based primarily on McDonald's chicken nuggets.

Bolt estimates that he ate around 1,000 nuggets for 10 days during his stay at the Olympic Village.

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The Rock

The wrestler and former American football player revealed that he daily consumes about a kilogram of cod and quantities of fish oils.

The wrestler, known internationally as "The Rock", shares his bizarre eating habits on social media, and has appeared in a highly viewed video, eating 12 pies, 4 double-dough pizza and 21 brownie buns at once.

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Lifters of the Kazakhstan national team

During the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Kazakhs' lifters were in possession of a secret weapon, horse meat.

Batches of "kazi" (a sausage of dried horse meat) and "karta" (a meal made from the gut of a horse) were shipped in order for the lifters to provide the best levels during the games.

Peter Crouch

Former England international striker Peter Crouch, who is known for his tall and thin, was a fan of McDonald's meals.

Crouch revealed that he laughed one day because he was reading reports that he was traveling in a helicopter to Stoke on the last day of the Transfer Market in 2011, when he was, in fact, sitting in a fast food restaurant enjoying a burger.

During his participation with England in the 2010 World Cup Finals, Crouch paid some money to hotel employees to secretly get meals from "McDonald's" and "Nando's", because coach Fabio Capello prohibited the players from eating fast food.

Michael Phelps

American Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was keen during the major tournaments to eat a huge amount of calories, estimated at about 10 thousand calories per day, and his diet includes one kilogram of pasta, pizza and pies.

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It seems that this unusual diet of a high-class athlete helped him achieve many exceptional achievements, as he holds the record for crowning gold medals in the history of the Olympic Games.

Lioto Machida

In 2009, various martial arts star Liu Machida revealed the secret of his superiority over his opponents, saying he was drinking his urine.

Machida told a Brazilian magazine that he also wipes his hands with his urine, believing that this helps "tighten the skin."