{"id":317610,"date":"2023-11-01T10:25:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T10:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=317610"},"modified":"2023-11-01T10:25:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T10:25:57","slug":"garlic-naan-out-its-roast-butter-chicken-and-a-gluten-free-diet-or-stoinis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/sport\/garlic-naan-out-its-roast-butter-chicken-and-a-gluten-free-diet-or-stoinis\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Garlic naan out’; it’s roast butter chicken and a gluten-free diet or Stoinis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Aussie all-rounder ‘invests’ in himself with help of Mumbai-born chef Velton Saldanha.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A fitness freak who is particular about diet control and his food intake, Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is travelling across India with a personal chef to ensure he gets a low carb diet during the ongoing ICC ODI World Cup.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old all-rounder is on a ketogenic diet (high-fat, low-carb) with baked oats infused with protein, one of his favourites, according to a report in ‘cricket.com.au’.<\/p>\n

Mumbai-born Velton Saldanha, a chef trained in French cuisine, travels with Stoinis while he is in India and cooks him meals out of the Australian team’s hotel kitchens, according to the report.<\/p>\n

“Quite a few of the Indian boys do it, that’s where I got the idea,” Stoinis told cricket.com.au’s ‘Unplayable Podcast’.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always been quite strict with my food and all that stuff in my preparation.”<\/p>\n

The Australian team has its own chef, who oversees food preparation as they move around the country, but Stoinis has gone a step further in his pursuit of peak performance.<\/p>\n

“Garlic naan is out. Gluten-free banana bread and shepherd’s pie with roasted cauliflower mash are in. A roast butter chicken, the intersection of Saldanha’s French training and his Indian heritage, has also been a hit,” the report said.<\/p>\n

“Stoinis is getting by on baked oats — at least for the small carbohydrate portion of his meticulously curated diet,” it said.<\/p>\n

“By the end of the World Cup, Saldanha might be able to sell the ‘Stoinis Oats’ as a standalone dish.”<\/p>\n

Stoinis had met Saldanha, who who has worked in fine-dining restaurants in Chicago and New York, during this year’s Indian Premier League on a recommendation from his Lucknow Supergiants teammate and India star KL Rahul.<\/p>\n

Saldanha founded Mumbai’s Chutney Collective during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Stoinis has struggled to play consistently in this tournament. He missed the opening match with a hamstring and quad concern. His scores in the three matches he has played so far are 5, 20 not out and 21.<\/p>\n

“I want to play for as long as I can. I want to take control of as many things as I can through my cricketing career,” said Stoinis.<\/p>\n

“We travel a lot and we’re obviously away from our comfort zone. We’re in different time zones. we’re in different beds, we’re in different hotels – we’re not exactly by the beach in Perth, having a coffee and that sort of stuff.”<\/p>\n

He does not consider investing on a personal chef as waste of money.<\/p>\n

“So I’m more than happy to invest in myself and in my environment. I don’t see that stuff, which some people do, as a waste (of money).<\/p>\n

“I’m happy to invest in my own chef or invest my own batting coach or invest my own sports psychologist – that’s just the way I see things.” <\/p>\n