Unrecognizable Ex-UFC Star Alistair Overeem Talks Stunning Weight Loss After Becoming A Vegetarian

Former UFC star Alistair Overeem is opening up about his body transformation.

Last month, a recent picture of Overeem went viral due to the fact that fans were stunned at his slimmed-down appearance.

In a recent “Loving Dubai” podcast appearance, Overeem says he’s stopped eating meat and has become a vegetarian.

(transcribed by Middle Easy)

“Meat is not good for you. It negatively affects you. Yes, it tastes delicious. Even now, I could still eat meat, but I just choose not to,”

“I started doing detoxing. I have this special nutritionist, Julian VanHoven. He’s in Germany and South America so our sessions go through Skype, but he’s like, ‘Yep, we’re gonna detox.’ I’m like a soldier,” Overeem said “‘Okay, let’s go.’ When I met him, I instantly knew this guy has knowledge so we started working and I started taking these supplements in a reasonably high dosage which you can just do on an empty stomach, and after a couple of weeks, my diet, my appetite changed.

“I would usually eat steak and eight o’clock in the morning. That was like a standard thing and then I’m like, ‘I’m full. I don’t want to eat this anymore.’ So then the next day, it was one food less. One food of steak I ate that day and then the day after that I didn’t want to eat it anymore.

“When I spoke to Julian, I asked him what’s happening. I don’t want to eat my steak anymore, but I want to eat my steak because I want muscles, and he said, ‘You had parasites in your body. We gave you the supplements, you start detoxing your body,’ and these supplements are just simple seaweed.

“Everybody could take it and this creates an alkaline environment which these parasites do not like. They will get hurt and die off and once you get rid of them, your tastes change. It’s not me who needs to eat meat, it’s the parasites that influence me, work through me to make me think I want to eat meat, but it’s not me and once you get rid of them, you don’t care.”

Overeem says he’s now retired from fighting because it’s “not my thing anymore.”

“This actually ties into what I want to do, because I actually just decided to stop fighting. This is not my thing anymore,”

“It’s been 25 years, right? We’re going to do other cool stuff now,”