Tom Brady hit back at critics of his once strict NFL diet as he joked that he sometimes indulges in sweets after retiring. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s moderation in all things,\u201d Brady, 48, told CNBC<\/a> while discussing his partnership with Ferrero in an interview shared on Tuesday. \u201cPeople have gone kinda overboard with the rigidity of my lifestyle or diet.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have kids and I have Halloweens and birthday parties and we\u2019re like a normal family, so I try to make really healthy choices as often as possible. But when you\u2019re watching football games and you\u2019re at games, you\u2019re traveling and you\u2019re in airports, I understand the reality of life as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Tom Brady, seen above in an interview posted on March 31, shot back at critics of his once strict NFL diet as he admitted that he sometimes indulges in sweet treats. CNBC<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s moderation in all things,\u201d Brady said. CNBC<\/p>\n Brady, who is seen nibbling on a Nestle Crunch bar and checking out a Butterfingers table in his new FIFA World Cup ad in partnership with the chocolate brand, added that he sometimes partakes in sweets while hanging out with his children: Jack, 18, Benjamin Rein, 16, and Vivian Lake, 13.<\/p>\n \u201cI make Nutella pancakes for my kids,\u201d Brady admitted. \u201cWhen we were over in Milan for the Olympics we were eating Nutella pizzas.\u201d<\/p>\n In his prime, Brady was widely known to avoid several popular food groupings like white sugar, white flour, dairy, iodized salt and caffeine. He\u2019s also infamously stayed away from nightshade vegetables and popular fruits like strawberries.<\/p>\n While his eating habits have changed since stepping down from his playing days, the seven-time Super Bowl champion added that he balances those changes with \u201ca lot\u201d of exercise and plenty of water. <\/p>\n The former NFL star shared the confession while discussing his partnership with Ferrero as he stars in a new FIFA World Cup ad for the chocolate brand, pictured above. Ferrero<\/p>\n He also revealed that he sometimes enjoys sweets like \u201cNutella pancakes\u201d when spending time with his children, Jack, 18, Benjamin Rein, 16, and Vivian Lake, 13 \u2014 all of whom can be seen here. tombrady\/Instagram<\/p>\n During his career, Brady, seen above celebrating his Super Bowl LV win 2021, was known to famously avoid foods that included white sugar, white flour, dairy, iodized salt and caffeine. Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n In 2024, the former NFL star revealed his intense workout routine<\/a> in an Instagram post showing off his lean muscles. <\/p>\n At the time, he told his followers that he had just added \u201csome swimming\u201d to his regimen, as it provides \u201cgreat muscle resistance and some aerobic cardio all at once.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the ex-quarterback, he swims four 100-meter laps in freestyle form, then does four 25-meter laps fast and an additional 25-meter lap for recovery. He then finishes it off with two 200-meter freestyle laps.<\/p>\n Brady also lifts weights to build up his muscle mass, including doing 20 reps of a \u201cweighted step up,\u201d 20 reps of \u201cheavy resistance\u201d band pushups and 10 box jumps. He repeats this circuit a total of four times.<\/p>\n In 2024, the former athlete (seen above going for a swim in Saint-Tropez in 2025) shared his post-retirement workout included a swimming and weights circuit. BACKGRID<\/p>\n In 2023, he admitted that his new leaner physique was due in part to having less \u201cstress\u201d in his life since quitting the NFL. Getty Images for OBB Media \u2013 FANATICS STUDIOS<\/p>\n Brady has maintained an overall leaner appearance since he chose to retire from the NFL<\/a> in 2022 \u2014 which he credited to having less \u201cstress\u201d in his life<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I\u2019m down about 10 pounds, but I\u2019m actually very fit right now,\u201d he\u00a0said during a 2023 episode the \u201cLet\u2019s Go\u201d podcast\u00a0with co-hosts Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray.<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t had the stress that I had while I was playing so that\u2019s allowed me to focus a little bit more on my physical health.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Brady hit back at critics of his once strict NFL diet as he joked that he sometimes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32946,439,7,116393,5578,56137,6,9,1369],"class_list":{"0":"post-850216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-celebrity-diets","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-health-and-fitness","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-mens-fitness","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-tom-brady"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116337617555696535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}