Serve to Win by Novak Djokovic

Author:Novak Djokovic [Djokovic, Novak]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 978-0-345-54899-3
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2013-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

You Are What You Eat

My dietary changes—and the success I’ve had since I made them—have gotten a lot of publicity. When I credited food with my newfound success, people started paying attention, and experimenting. Now, when I’m playing a tournament, I’ll go to the food service tent, and when the cooks see me coming, they put my gluten-free pasta on the stove. A few years ago I was the only guy eating it. Now I see a lot of other tennis players eating gluten-free pasta. I don’t know if it’s because of me, because of their own gluten intolerance, or just because they realize a gluten-free diet helps them to digest better (as I said earlier, gluten itself is like a glue; food that contains gluten sticks together and takes more time to digest than gluten-free food). But one thing’s for sure: When I first started eating gluten-free pasta, I didn’t see a single other player having it. Now I do—men and women.

Word gets around so easily nowadays. I think awareness is spreading, not just for a gluten-free diet, but for healthy food and better nutrition in general. More so now than ever before, people know what is good for them and what isn’t. People realize that processed, fast food isn’t working, that the “convenience” of bad food makes their lives more stressful, not less.

But there is still a disconnect. I see it, and I bet you feel it. Knowing and doing are two different things. People know what they should eat, yet they still make the unhealthy choice.

This is why it is so important to see food as information. Ask yourself: How do I feel when I eat something unhealthy? Not immediately, when you still have the sugar/salt/fat taste in your mouth. But afterward. When you eat bad food, your body knows it. Your body sends a signal that screams, “This food is lousy and you’re going to pay for it!” Some of those signals? You feel lethargic, or “blah,” or you have indigestion. Maybe your head hurts, or you feel foggy.

If you have an unhealthy diet over the long term, your body sends more serious signals. You gain weight. Your chances of being diagnosed with diabetes, cancer, and heart disease go up. This, too, is your body talking to you. If you don’t like the way you look and feel, this is information: Your body is telling you to change, or there are going to be problems.

Now ask yourself: How do I feel when I eat something that’s good for me? For me, it’s simple: I feel great. That’s what I’ve learned, and it makes my food choices easy.

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