I'm wondering if it might be a n00b thing. Because I've read so many fucking fics featuring dressingless salads and reduced-salt cassava chips and one egg white omelets for about five years now and it's all all turned out to be directly contrary to actual articles about how hockey players (both generally and individually) eat, morally tied to players' seriousness about their sport, and (somehow! conveniently!) in line with the eating habits of a five foot tall women on a weight loss diet, all of which are things that fans here and elsewhere have pushed back on, so I can't understand how you could be around for any of that and feel like stories of an NBA player counting out each precious almond is a thing anyone ever needs in their life. How does Phil Kessel count out his ~forbidden~ hot dogs, one wonders.

Also, you make a great point about how, even if it were true, no one wants to fucking hear about it.