These icons all traded standard nutrition for strange, symbolic rituals to keep their bodily edge. Continue swiping to discover the quiet eating rituals of the elite.

Tom Brady

While most see the humble tomato as a harmless snack, Tom Brady used to view it as a bodily threat. Following his strict TB12 method, he once banned nightshade crops like peppers and eggplants in order to stop internal swelling. These days those items are allowed on the shopping list, but is his plate remains a rigid split where organic plants meet lean meats.

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley once told David Letterman that she swallows a daily spoonful of bentonite clay in order to help her excrete toxins. Her belief was that since the clay carries a negative charge and body doesn't absorb it, the clay would attract heavy metals like mercury and lead so she could pass them. Experts warn against ingesting bentonite clay because it's rarely manufactured in food grade facilities and because it may actually cause the opposite of the intended outcome to happen.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage chooses his dinner based on how the animal loved. He eats birds and fish since their mating acts appear elegant and grand. Because Cage finds the habits of cows and pigs crude, this moral rank dictates his protein intake. He refuses to eat the flesh of the graceless as every meal serves as a nod to beauty.

Lyoto Machida

UFC fighter Lyoto Machida and his dad drank their own urine every morning as part of their training regimen. His father claimed that urine flushes the system like a natural medicine of sorts and toughens the body shield against sickness. These days, Machida says it's not a daily or year-round part of his training anymore.

Renee Zellweger

In the past, Renee Zellweger used to turn to ice cubes to quiet her hunger. By snacking on frozen shards, she would trick her brain into feeling full without adding a single calorie. This is one of the well-known crash diet tactics that experts also warn against.

Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey said he practices extreme intermittent fasting, where he eats one meal per day during the week, and eats nothing at all during the weekend. By the third day of his fast, Dorsey says he'd hallucinate and experience shifts in the way his brain perceived time. Nutritionists say that these feelings of hallucination and hyper focus a likely just the body's survival response to starvation. Fasting for longer than 24 hours can cause negative effects that outweigh the good of the diet.