{"id":58029,"date":"2011-10-28T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=58029"},"modified":"2011-12-27T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T19:38:06","slug":"steve-jobs-odd-eating-habits-revealed-in-new-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/steve-jobs-odd-eating-habits-revealed-in-new-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Jobs’ Odd Eating Habits Revealed in New Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The world is still mourning the death of Apple CEO Steve Jobs while also praising his many contributions to technology. Details of Jobs\u2019 life, including some of his strange eating habits, are making their way into the public eye with the release of his biography Steve Jobs<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The book, written by Walter Isaacson, offers some fascinating information about Jobs\u2019 bizarre eating habits. It is said that Jobs was heavily affected by the book Diet for a Small Planet<\/em><\/a><\/strong> while he was in college, and decided to give up all meat because of it. This book also influenced Steve Jobs\u2019 tendencies to engage in extreme diets. Some of these diets included purges, fasts<\/a><\/strong> and only eating one or two foods for long periods of time.<\/p>\n

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In 1977, Jobs ate only fruit, shunned deodorant and bathed only once a week. As Jobs got older, the odd eating habits continued. \u201cHe would spend weeks eating the same thing \u2013 carrot salad with lemon, or just apples \u2013 and then suddenly spurn that food and declare that he had stopped eating it,\u201d Isaacson notes.<\/p>\n

After his liver transplant, Jobs would eat only fruit smoothies<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cHe would eat only fruit smoothies, and he would demand seven or eight of them be lined up so he could find an option that might satisfy him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jobs’ doctor finally told him, \u201cStop thinking of this as food. Start thinking of it as medicine.\u201d Instead of eating for nutrition and health, at the end of his life, Jobs wanted to fast when he needed to eat. His wife would get angry when he would come to the table and just stare silently at his lap. \u201cI wanted to force him to eat. It was incredibly tense at home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Jobs’ motivation for such restrictive food practices isn’t known, but the need for control is obvious.\u00a0Whether the state of the food industry, weight loss, or an eating disorder was the primary motivator, this new information on Steve Jobs\u2019 diet will support the importance of a healthy diet and exercise plan.<\/p>\n

Via Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n

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