re: T/P interview with zion's personal chef

This diet and planned meal stuff is great, but the number 1 thing that has hurt Zion in terms of his weight, has actually been the injuries and the depression of being injured, leading to just eating whatever the F he wants, to cope while his knee is torn or his foot is broken.

When he is healthy, it almost doesn’t matter what he eats as long as he plays enough basketball. He typically gets in pretty damn good shape if he can stay healthy for at least 5-6 straight months.

The issue is, sometimes what you eat can result in higher frequency or risk of injury. So an argument could be made, that eating healthier, could in fact keep him healthier injury wise.

These are all very positive changes though. The guy’s diet doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be better and it sounds like it is a lot better in general, even if he is getting a cheat day or sneaking a soda here and there.

He still is 22 years old. I’m pretty damn sure all of his similarly aged teammates are encouraged to eat whatever they want and however much they want. It probably kind of sucks he has to live under a different set of rules than his peers, due to his body type and perhaps having a slightly slower metabolism. That and the pressure of trying to live up to the hype of potentially being the next Lebron.

None of his peers, such as, Jaxson, Nickeil, Kira, Herb, Trey, or even Ingram have really had those expectations diet or career wise.