It’s pretty interesting that the favorite food of an almost-60-year-old Tom Cruise, who has managed to stay completely in shape through all these years, is pasta. He also loves lobster and a lot of junk food, proving that you don't need to be on a strict diet to have a body like his.

Unsplash | Tom Cruise loves lobster and a lot of junk food, proving that you don't need to be on a strict diet to have a body like his

For someone like Cruise who loves to eat ice cream and cakes, it would make sense for one to picture him as an obese and tired old man at this point. The actor, however, unlike most regular humans, doesn’t eat his favorite foods as often as some may think. It’s probably not so strange to love a certain type of food so much, and have to avoid it for health reasons---because let’s be honest, we often tend to love foods that are unhealthy. They always seem to be the sweetest, luring us towards weight gain.

For Cruise, maintaining his physique and staying healthy seems to outweigh this love for junk food, and instead, the actor chooses more healthy meals. These meals are prepared by his chef which helps him maintain a healthy balance in his life.

Cruise usually eats small meals throughout the day instead of eating heavy meals at once. It has been reported that the actor has a David Beckham-style diet where he doesn’t consume more than 1,200 calories in a day. He eats up to 15 small meals at different times of the day but maintains his total calorie intake. Cruise prefers to eat veggies and lean meat especially on training days so he isn’t too full to carry out his daily activities.

Inc. Magazine | Cruise eats several small meals throughout the day to stay satiated

Cutting sugar has never been an easy thing for the actor, but he avoids it in the ways that he can, and as much as possible. His coworkers have expressed that he also encourages them to eat healthily and lay off the sugar, but that has always been tough to do. Most of the help he gets from his chef preparing his meals is that it’s a lot easier not to fall off the wagon since the chef knows the meal plan.

Remarkably, Cruise brings his chef with him on sets, and the chef prepares meals for the entire cast and crew. Recently, the star’s diet contains mostly grilled foods and he avoids all forms of carbs.

As he advances in age, the star is even more particular about the health benefits of his choice of food, and eating more grilled foods is great for this time of his life. Advancing in age brings on higher chances of inflammation that could lead to arthritis and several other inflammatory diseases, but nutritionists have expressed that grilled foods help to prevent inflammation.

Rheumatology Advisor | Advancing in age brings on higher chances of inflammation that could lead to arthritis and several other inflammatory diseases

For those who attribute age to wisdom, there is a thing or two to learn from Cruise. Looking at how far he has come in his eating habits and fitness plan, we can definitely learn from him and apply it in our own diet and fitness endeavors. Not everything we love to eat is healthy for us, but indulging once in a while has never hurt anyone, or has it?