Elon Muskwho previously said he would rather “eat tasty food and live a shorter life,” has stuck to his word and ensured that he enjoys a breakfast donut every day.
According to a report published on the website of Business Insiderthe CEO of Twitter revealed his taste when responding to Peter Diamandis, a doctor and CEO of the non-profit organization XPRIZE.
Last Tuesday, Diamandis tweeted that “sugar is poison”, to which the irreverent Musk replied: “I eat a donut every morning. still alive”.
I eat a donut every morning. Still alive.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 28, 2023
Diamandis responded with a clarification: “Okay Elon, let me be more specific. Sugar is a slow poison”.
Okay Elon, allow me to be more specific. Sugar is a slow poison.
— Peter H. Diamandis, MD (@PeterDiamandis) March 28, 2023
Elon Musk’s eating habits
Musk’s daily donut diet reveal isn’t surprising, considering his previous comments about his eating habits.
On Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2020, the tycoon confessed that he “prefers to eat tasty food and live a shorter life” and added that she exercises, but if she could she wouldn’t do it at all.
Clearly, Musk’s diet does not appear to have been influenced by his mother, Maye Musk, a model who worked as a dietitian for 45 years, according to CNBC.
Elon Musk isn’t the only famous person with curious eating habits. For example, in the political realm, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi survives on a diet of frozen breakfast, hot dogs, pasta, and chocolate.
For his part, former President Donald Trump has a well-documented love of fast food, telling a McDonald’s employee in February that he knows the menu “better than anyone.”