Donald Trump’s former doctor has revealed he used to hide cauliflower in his food in a bid to help him lose weight.
Dr Ronny Jackson, who is now in the running to be a Republican congressman, said he would add the healthy vegetable to the President’s mashed potatoes in the hope he would shed up to 15 pounds.
He also revealed he tried to cut down Mr Trump’s ice cream eating habit by making the treat ‘less accessible’.
Dr Jackson told the New York Times that he tried to introduce exercise machines to the White House for Mr Trump – who claimed a round of golf was a workout.
Donald Trump’s former doctor has revealed he used to hide cauliflower in his food in an attempt to help him lose weight
He said: ‘The exercise stuff never took off as much as I wanted it to. But we were working on his diet.
‘We were making the ice cream less accessible, we were putting cauliflower into the mashed potatoes.’
The retired navy rear admiral, 52, who left the White House in December, says his biggest regret is not helping the President shed weight, who reportedly put on four pounds by his next his next physical examination.
Dr Jackson once famously gave Mr Trump an ‘excellent’ report on his health and said he had ‘good genes’, despite admitting he needed to shed some pounds.
Dr Ronny Jackson speaks at a press briefing at the White House in January of 2018. He would add the healthy vegetable to the President’s mashed potatoes in the hope he would shed up to 15 pounds
The U.S. president is a known lover of fast food who consumed McDonald’s regularly on the campaign trail
Members of the Clemson Tigers football team prepare to dine on fast food served by President Trump
The results of were disclosed at a televised briefing for the press, where Dr Jackson, made comments about Mr Trump’s health that were considered to be hyperbolic.
He told reporters – amid speculation that Mr Trump was in mental decline – that he passed a cognitive test with flying colors and had ‘incredibly good genes’ and ‘if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old’.
The U.S. president is a known lover of fast food who consumed McDonald’s regularly on the campaign trail.
He paid out of pocket last month for the Clemson Tigers to devour fast food when the 2018 College Football Playoff champions visited the White House amid the partial government shutdown when serving a large meal cooked by staff was out of the question.
President Trump ordered in fast food for the Clemson Tigers during a White House visit last month
‘We ordered American fast food. Paid for by me. Lots of hamburgers, lots of pizza, I think they’d like it better than anything we could give,’ Trump told reporters in January. ‘We have some very large people that like eating, so I think we’re gonna have a little fun.’
Trump brought in Big Macs from McDonald’s and burgers from Wendy’s and Burger King, along with Domino’s pizza and french fries.
‘We have pizzas, we have 300 hamburgers, many, many french fries, all of our favorite foods. I want to see what’s here when we leave, because I don’t think it’s going to be much,’ he told reporters as he showed off the food at the start of the event.
His choice of fast food for the event was unusual, but it is the president’s favorite. The New York Times even dubbed him the fast food president once.
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and deputy campaign manager David Bossie described a typical campaign meal Trump would order from McDonald’s in their book on the campaign.
‘On Trump Force One there were four major food groups: McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza and Diet Coke,’ they wrote.
They recalled that Trump would have ‘two Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted’ shake on regular basis.
In May 2015, while campaigning the president told DailyMail.com that he ate fast food because ‘it’s quick,’ as his ex-campaign manager later wrote about.