D.K. Metcalf has one secret ingredient to his diet and it’s not anything close to Michael Phelps’ 10,000-calorie regimen.
It’s bags and bags of candy.
Metcalf revealed his abnormal diet for a professional athlete in an interview with former Celtic star Kevin Garnett on his Showtime program KG Certified.
Garnett brought up the subject out of curiosity in Metcalf’s eating schedule.
“Talk about how important nutrition is. Nutrition’s huge,” Garnett said.
“I’m probably the worst person to ask that,” Metcalf responded. “I’m a candy type person. I eat one meal a day, drink one coffee and eat like three full bags of candy.”
Shocked, Garnett wanted to dive deeper.
“Man, define bags of candy, man. Jelly beans?”
“Nah, see I’m a gummy type of guy. So you get lifesavers—…”
“Come on man. Stop, man. Come on. Hold on, hold on, man,” Garnett said to cut Metcalf off, needing to know the structure of meals per day.
“I’m gonna just take you through yesterday,” Metcalf said. “So yesterday I woke up, worked out. Worked out again. Came home, showered. I’m hungry. Run to Starbucks, get a quick coffee. That’s going to hold me ‘till 4, 5 o’clock. This 12. This gonna hold me for like four hours. Around 4:30, I order some candy and a water. Got the Skittles gummies. Then I got the Lifesaver Creations. They the same size bag so I just mix them…get the gummy, get the candy, get the water, eat that. That’s gonna hold me ‘till like 8 o’clock. I’m having dinner at 8/9. And then I eat dinner, go to sleep. … I’m a candy eater.”
Regardless, the candy seems to have helped the Pro Bowler who has been a star wide receiver for the Seahawks for four years racking up 4,218 yards and 35 touchdowns.
In his best season in 2020, Metcalf tallied 1,303 yards for 10 touchdowns with an average of 15.7 yards per reception.