Dwight Howard ate an alarming amount of junk food before joining Lakers
One look at Dwight Howard and you’d assume the muscular big man must have always taken great care of his body, especially when it comes to what he puts in it. But that apparently was far from the case when the All-Star center first broke into the league.
Lakers nutritionist Dr. Cate Shanahan told ESPN that when the club acquired then-26-year-old from the Magic in 2012, his diet was quite alarming.
“You name it, he ate it,” Shanahan said.
According to the story, Howard’s craving for junk food was a major issue, as he ate everything from Skittles, Starbursts, Rolos, Snickers, Mars bars, Twizzlers, Almond Joys, Kit Kats and Reese’s Pieces. He would stash the candy all over his house and eat it at all hours, consuming as much as 24 chocolate bars' worth of sugar every day for as long as a decade.
Howard’s sugar intake was so bad that he began experiencing tingling in his legs and fingers, symptoms Shanahan believed was due to his diet. Howard ditched the candy in lieu of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and the tingling symptoms subsided.
