Virat Kohli: Everyone knows Virat Kohli for his excellent batting, but he is also in a lot of discussions about his fitness. Despite being from a Punjabi family, Virat Kohli is considered a fitness icon by many people because of the way he is conscious about food items. Many people argue behind this that he never ate non-veg, so he always remains fit. But you will be surprised to know that at one time Virat Kohli used to eat a lot of chicken. But one day something happened that Virat gave up non-veg and became a complete vegetarian.

Butter chicken was Virat Kohli's favorite

Virat Kohli, the hottest and fittest player of the Indian cricket team, may not eat non-veg today, but there was a time when Virat Kohli used to eat chicken with great gusto. Virat Kohli himself once said that he used to include high protein non-veg food like chicken, fish, red meat in his diet, and butter chicken used to be his favorite.

Chicken abandoned due to uric acid

When host Gaurav Kapoor asked Kohli about his diet in an episode of 'Breakfast with Champions', Kohli revealed who advised him to give up non-veg and what was the reason behind it. Actually, Kohli says that once he started having severe pain in his neck and waist. Gradually the pain increased so much that it became unbearable.

When Kohli talked to his dietician about this, he told Kohli that due to eating non-veg, uric acid is increasing in his body and to neutralize it, the body is taking calcium from the bones to the stomach, due to which the bones are getting weak. On hearing this, Kohli understood that now the time has come to say goodbye to non-veg. And from then on, he became a vegetarian.

Kohli feels better after giving up chicken

In an interview, Kohli (Virat kohli) says that after becoming 100 percent vegetarian, he now feels more agile and much lighter than before. Kohli also said during this time that after becoming a non-vegetarian, when he feels better than before, then he thinks why he did not give up non-veg earlier. Let us tell you that even though Kohli (Virat kohli) has given up non-veg, he still includes high protein vegetarian food in his diet, such as lentils, rajma, mock chicken tikka, and raw vegetables and fruits etc.