Rudy Gobert credits diet for injury prevention with Timberwolves
Rudy Gobert has played in 69 of the Timberwolves’ 72 games and is on pace to reach 70 games played for the fourth consecutive season. The four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year credits his pristine diet as a key reason for his health and longevity during his basketball career. “It’s a big part of it.
It impacts you short term, but more than short term it impacts your long term,” Gobert told Andscape. “A lot of the injuries or things that happen to the body are linked to inflammation. So, what you eat is going to heal you or slowly kill you.
There’s no in-between. “So, if you eat food that nourishes you, that removes inflammation [from] your body, obviously you’re giving your joints, your muscles, your tendons, all your cells — you’re giving them opportunity to recover better. So, obviously you lengthen your career and your life.
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