Coldplay frontman Chris Martin recently revealed the surprising news that he only eats six days a week.
Martin opened up about his fasting while on Fresh 102.7. Many were wondering if that was actually a healthy thing to do and Martin went into detail about how he follows a 6:1 diet, which refrains from eating to only drinking water after six days.
“Creativity is one of the benefits of it,” the 38-year-old explained. “I started doing it because I was sick one time, and this guy said to me, ‘Try not eating for a day, it will make your body feel healthier.’ And actually I did it and I found I could sing a bit better and also I felt so grateful for food … and very grateful for everything in a way that I wasn’t so much before. I think that the feeling of gratitude naturally brings out a joyous feeling and when you are hungry you are very focused, so both sides of it help creativity."
Martin did admit that the day after the strict fasting he fills up on junk.
"You’re supposed to go for something like a kale salad. I tend to have Nutella and pancakes, which is terrible and completely defeats the point,” he said.
Coldplay is scheduled to perform at next month’s Super Bowl halftime show.