Spoken on the YouTube channel of Iader Fabbri during episode number 10 of ‘At the table with Iader’, the Inter defender Francesco Acerbi he talks about his diet: “My favorite food joker? Pasta comes to mind. Because I like it and would always like to eat a lot of it. A first course in general I would say. I also like potatoes, but if I have to choose I say pasta ” Inzaghi’s 15 responds without hesitation.
Do you often use jokers in your food plan?
“Yes, there are many. More than I imagined. Sometimes there are weeks when I have more than one joker a day, and finally in the evening when I have two jokers which are a first course and mashed potatoes or potatoes in general combined with something protein-based, I struggle to finish the meal. I would rather eat 500 grams of pasta, make a single joker. Sometimes I get very hungry and eat more carbohydrates at the same time and eat two jokers together.”
It is obvious that you can afford a high carbohydrate intake because you are constantly training, emptying your reserves.
“I don’t have a morning snack because I train. Obviously we have nutritionists at Inter who give us drinks or various products, but I use amino acids. There are no amino acids in those they give us at Inter, I’m sure, because what they do is a different job. I take B vitamins or probiotics in the morning, when I’m at home, I take a protein, otherwise a fruit, if I’m hungry.”
An interesting thing about your path is the rigor and discipline, which comes at the time of illness.
“I did everything on my own, I ate well even before with a protein source and rice. Less carbs than I ate before. Discipline? If alcohol had been a protein I was at the top (laughs, ed.). The disease made me a robot I remember that the first two years I ate those things, at Christmas the same. Bresaola and single foods. Every year I added something, my body needed it moreover, even when I was young I was twice as good as the others in terms of strength. I’m muscularly well-prepared, to get to this age like this, good will alone isn’t enough.”
You combined talent with the right discipline…
“Mother nature gave me something more. But injuries are not random. 90% of the time it’s me looking for something more in myself. I eat 4-5 times a day. There’s already the stress of the field, if there let’s also add food, it becomes tough.”
How many Serie A athletes follow their nutrition well?
“Nutrition has improved a lot, everything has changed a bit for the better. Now if you’re not physically well you can’t compete, the physical level has risen. I have to perform at my best to compete. Nutrition and recovery can give something in more overall. You always have to be as good as possible, nutrition is a fundamental point. If you’re not precise you can’t play as you would like. I’ve never had any major drops.”
About tattoos…
“We players have superstitions. What I do on the pitch I also do in the locker room. I have many things to say. The lion tattoo? He’s solitary, a bit like me. But he’s present, when needed he’s there. He doesn’t give up never, he’s someone who fights when necessary. I like lions, they’re my animals.”
Do you play other sports?
“I’m a sucker at padel. At the end of the championship, when I’m on holiday, I always run. I never stop: half an hour, 6-7 kilometres, a good sweat. Shower, breakfast: another type of day begins. you get up in the morning and run, it’s the best thing. Then I drink a little, wine and beer. So if I have a joker and I can eat amatriciana, I eat it. I’ll eat it.”
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