A diet with little artificial intervention and an emphasis on animal fats changed the chef’s daily rhythm.
Chef and judge on “MasterChef”, Henrique Fujacaonce again, moved the networks by revealing a radical change in his eating routine and the effect was immediate: shedding 17 kg in just three months! This transformation attracted attention for its speed and method, which the chef himself called the “jungle diet.” This approach, which focuses on meat and animal fats, was detailed in an interview with O Globo.
Next, understand how the chef’s new lifestyle works, what he feels in practice and what the starting point of it all is.
The inspiration for Fogaça’s diet came from home
According to Fogasa, the turning point began when he noticed a significant change in his son João’s body. Curiously, the chef wanted to understand the reason behind such a quick and consistent result. “He came home one day drier and thinner and talking about this diet. He explained it to me, and I ended up getting interested and did it with him,” he told O Globo.
Since then, the two began following the eating plan side by side and it didn’t take long for the chef to feel the first effects.
What is the so-called “jungle system”?
The nutritional strategy follows a very specific line: eat large amounts of meat and animal fats, with minimal carbohydrates. The goal, according to Fogasa, is to replicate what he describes as ancestral food — more direct, less processed and with only a few steps to get to the plate.
In his words to O Globo: “I cut out almost all carbohydrates from my diet and added more animal fats, which for me…
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