Tom Brady could bring his infamous NFL diet – avoiding bell peppers, tomatoes and even strawberries! – to Birmingham

While the announcement may have had the effect PR reps dream of, Tom Brady and Birmingham City want to do much more than create publicity for the EFL Championship club.

Brady’s minority investment in the Blues means the seven-time Super Bowl champion will operate as chairman of the advisory board.

What does that mean? Who better to explain that than owner David Wagner.

“It’s really about bringing his expertise to the table after a 23-year career in the NFL,” Wagner said. Bloomberg TV.

‘His level of excellence has never wavered, so it’s about bringing those who learn to Birmingham…he will play an important role in health, wellness and nutrition. In fact, human sustainability will play a role in how we think about interacting with players.”

Tom Brady previously said he follows an 80-20 diet, the majority of which consists of vegetables

Brady’s TB12 method is known for being central to 46-year career history, including 10 Super Bowls during a 23-year career with New England and Tampa Bay. Known for his strict diet, Brady occasionally treated himself to dessert, but not in the way you might think.

Dairy-free and sugar-free avocado ice cream is “a modern take on ice cream,” which has been described as “just as delicious but much healthier,” via Boston. com. It contains an avocado, raw cashews, coconut meat, dates, cocoa powder, water and protein powder, of the vegan variety.

Brady’s and longtime trainer and friend, Alex Guerrero, created the TB12 method in 2013. Guerrero, an alternative medicine practitioner, is credited with the longevity of the former Michigan QB – who is the oldest non-specialized player in the history of the competition was.

The TB12 method encompasses ‘a set of healthy daily habits divided into five pillars: flexibility, nutrition, hydration, exercise and mental fitness’.

It is intended to reduce inflammation, provide energy, improve performance and promote recovery. Organic fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains and legumes make up about 80 percent of his diet.

Grass-fed, organic meats and hormone- and antibiotic-free poultry make up the remaining 20 percent, along with wild-caught fish and seafood. Tomatoes and peppers are shunned for their nitrate properties — and are thought to be linked, albeit weakly, to inflammation.

Some of the coverage of Guerrero’s over the years has been unflattering – Boston Magazine once called him a ‘glorified snake oil salesman’ — despite glowing references from the likes of Brady and fellow future Hall of Famer, Rob Gronkowski.

Despite his departure from widely held medical beliefs, Brady said in a 2015 interview with WEEI that without Guerrero, he wouldn’t have been the phenomenon he was.

Brady, who has other sports investments, becomes chairman of the advisory board at BCFC

Brady co-founded TB12, a fitness, lifestyle and nutrition brand, in 2013 with Alex Guerrero.

Brady’s longevity helped him win seven Super Bowls in his 23-year career, among other things

“I have tremendous faith in Alex and what he’s accomplished with me in the 10 or 11 years we’ve been working together,” Brady said at the time. ‘He was never wrong.

“I had doctors with the highest and best education in our country who told me that I wouldn’t be able to play football anymore, that… I wouldn’t be able to play with my kids when I’m older.

“Of course I will go back next year and win the Comeback Player of the Year. The next season we win the MVP of the year. So it’s interesting because like I said, I’ve taken a different approach. That approach works for me and that’s what I want to pass on to athletes who might want to try it differently.’

Brady and Guerrero have been ridiculed for promoting his approach to nutrition and flexibility training over the years — especially by those entrenched in mainstream health and medicine.

“I think I’ve really stepped off the beaten path in the way I try to work out, eat, hydrate, the cognitive brain games that I play daily or weekly to try and build some endurance in my body, in my brain, to be able to go out at 38 and play at a high level,” Brady said at the time. You may think I’m full of nonsense, but the proof is what you see on the pitch. That’s what I say.

The father-of-three told WEEI that he did not subscribe to the US Food Pyramid and referred to Coca-Cola as “poison to children.”

“I don’t agree with a lot of things people tell you to do,” he said. “You’re probably going to drink Coca-Cola and think, ‘Oh yeah, that’s no problem.’ Why? Because they pay a lot of money for advertising… No, I don’t agree with that at all. And when people do that, I think it’s quackery. The fact that they can sell that to kids, that’s poison for kids. But they keep doing it.

“Do what you want, you live the life you want, but like I said, what I’m trying to offer to athletes, and to people and all the customers that we have that come in is a different way of thinking, a different way of thinking. way of methods.’

Brady announced his retirement after a loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the 2022 NFC WildCard

The father of three plans to continue the nutritional regimen until his late 40s

And despite ending his illustrious professional football career, Brady clearly still believes in the methodology that served him so well on the gridiron.

“I don’t think it’s a strict regime,” he said People in June. “I think it’s just trying to make healthy choices that allow me to live the life I want to live…I’ve developed so many healthy habits, I just want to stick with them.”

As for strawberries, which are avoided, not for health reasons, but for preference; “I just didn’t like the taste.”