Norway shipped over 2,000 lbs of their own food for World Cup to avoid American diet.
They weren't leaving performance to chance:
- 300kg of Atlantic salmon and fish
- 116kg of Norwegian brown cheese
- 6,000 oranges
- 3 Norwegian chefs
The lead chef, Aron Espeland, has cooked for the national team for 35 years. He flew in with brand new kitchen equipment and juicers shipped from Norway.
Why go this far?
Norway follows European food law, stricter than the US. They restrict ingredients on reasonable doubt, not after proof of harm.
And their star takes it even further.
Erling Haaland treats his body like a science project:
- Morning sunlight and red light panels
- Organ meats, grass-fed steak, ~6,000 cal a day
- Mouth tape, blue-light glasses, bed by 10:30
- Ice bath into sauna, 4-5x a week
- Filters his own water
Baking soda removes up to 96% of pesticide residue from produce
Researchers tested 3 washing methods on apples: tap water, bleach and a baking soda soak.
Baking soda won:
- 96% of phosmet removed
- 80% of thiabendazole removed
- Surface residue completely cleared
The recipe: 1 tsp baking soda per 2 cups water. Soak 12-15 min. Rinse well.
But up to 20% of one pesticide had already absorbed beneath the peel. No wash removes what's inside.
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