.jpg "Palmeiras player Gabriel Menino thought he was 'going to die' after trying Cristiano Ronaldo's diet")
With the departure of Danilo and Gustavo Scarpa, Gabriel Menino gained space in Abel Ferreira’s accounts and has been a regular bet in Palmeiras’ midfield, alongside Zé Rafael. But until recently, the Brazilian did not have this regularity and at the beginning of 2021 he really went through difficulties.
The midfielder admitted that he was “with his head in the clouds”, having lost space in the squad. So much so that he was put on the market by Verdão. At that time, Gabriel Menino, believing that the drop in performance was the result of a physical issue and not a mental one, opted for a diet that he says was identical to that of Cristiano Ronaldo, but the process was not positive.
“I was at my weight, but I wanted to change. I called Mirtes, Palmeiras’ nutritionist, and asked her to make me a Cristiano Ronaldo diet. I wanted to look like Cristiano Ronaldo. The team was formed and I was the third option. The diet was like this: breakfast was an egg and supplements. Pre-workout was supplements. Lunch could be grilled fish/meat and salad. In the snack there were more supplements. For dinner, again, something grilled and salad. And before bed another supplement. That was it ”, he said, in statements in the“ Palmeiras Cast ”.
And the negative effects of that diet quickly began to be felt for the player. “I was warming up and couldn’t take any more running. I just thought, ‘I’m going to die’. Five minutes into the game, he couldn’t run anymore, he needed to be substituted”, he recalls.
The Brazilian was taken off after Palmeiras nutritionist Mirtes picked up on his poor condition.
“She saw from above that I was not well," Menino remembers. "She asked the masseur to bring me gel and isotonic. I took advantage of the fact that Weverton was in attendance and consumed it”.
The Brazilian was taken off after Palmeiras nutritionist Mirtes picked up on his poor condition.
“She saw from above that I was not well," Menino remembers. "She asked the masseur to bring me gel and isotonic. I took advantage of the fact that Weverton was in attendance and consumed it”.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, continues to follow a strict diet. In fact, Portugal's all-time top scorer has forced his Al Nassr teammates into improving their eating habits, according to Jose Blesa; the club's nutritionist.
"I was uncertain, like everyone else, about what it was going to be like to work with him and if the club was going to change a lot, but I haven't found a more professional footballer than him," Blesa told Ideal.
"Every conversation with him is a learning curve. We met and talked about his diet, about how he understands the importance of this and rest for performance. He wears two rest meters: the ring and the bracelet. He is the first to arrive at training and the last to leave. Dealing with him is wonderful.
“Cristiano helps me a lot, because we can no longer teach him anything, but he creates a school around him. The rest of the players do what he does because everything he does is wonderful to improve his performance. Since he has been here, all the players have trained more intensely and followed a stricter diet.
"I have not seen a club like this in which the players improve practically 90% in their body composition every time I see them: they have less fat, more muscle and they do all the exercises at their fingertips. It is a luxury to work there.”
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