You will undoubtedly have heard of the jockey’s diet, born in the nineties in England, inspired by the diet that jockeys, therefore those who ride a racehorse, must follow in order to always keep very thin, so as not to affect their weight. on running performance. The jockey diet actually has many versions. What is most popular is the three day protein jockey diet, a regime of all protein from meat and fish or eggs, no vegetables, no carbohydrates, not even fruit.

However, this magazine version of the jockey’s diet does not match the real jockey’s diet. This is what Gérard Apfeldorfer, doctor and psychotherapist, author of an essay on diets over the centuries, entitled “Losing weight is crazy” (Maigrir, c’est fou!), Says. In this essay, Apfeldorfer also talks about the jockey’s diet, publishing the first version of the diet.

Which, eye, lasted at least a month for those who wanted to imitate it, and contained carbohydrates. Going to look for confirmation, the Great British Racing website published an article in which the most famous English jockeys shared their nutrition advice according to the Professional Jockeys Association Nutrition Team .

The recipes provide a caloric intake of 300/500 calories for main meals, with vegetables, meat or fish, rice or noodles, but low in fat.
On page two we see the real jockey diet from its original publication.