Overview
- Schmidt told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he largely avoids white flour and bread rolls because cutting them out made him feel better.
- He said he does not eat most sausage or standard salami but allows regional exceptions such as bratwurst in Franken or Thüringen.
- Schmidt criticized common hotel breakfasts, mocking processed items such as powdered scrambled eggs as examples of poor mass-produced food.
- He said he looks to the diets of top footballers, naming Liverpool and Arsenal, as a model for what to omit from everyday eating.
- The remarks are a personal account published by dpa and republished by national outlets and are presented as opinion rather than medical or scientific guidance.