Eating well is extremely important to Mick Jagger. However, he’s not looking to get shredded, ripped, or bulkier at 83 – he’s simply fuelling his packed training schedule.

Even in his ninth decade, The Rolling Stones frontman runs 12km a day and trains six days a week across a variety of different activities – swimming, kickboxing, cycling, ballet, yoga and Pilates – in order to remain strong and healthy as he ages. And to make sure he’s got the energy to get through that schedule, he eats plenty throughout the day.

Mick Jagger’s Approach to Nutrition

But Jagger doesn’t just eat whatever he can get his hands on. Even though he justifies his high-calorie intake due to the amount of training he does throughout the week, the British singer sticks to a Mediterranean diet made up of organic and unprocessed foods.

‘I have to eat a lot. People tell me, “You’re not eating,” but I eat a ton. I tell them, “I just ate twice as much as you did”,’ he said in a previous interview.

Jagger’s discipline isn’t restrictive, however. He needs to match his energy demands by eating correctly, otherwise he would put himself at a greater risk of injury and burnout. But while his daughter, Georgia May Jagger, disputes reports about his training schedule, she revealed that Mick allows himself a daily treat.

‘I feel like it’s seven days a week – I’ve never seen him skip a day,’ she commented in response to suggestions her dad implemented a rest day. ‘[He] always eats dessert with every meal.’

It’s all part of a huge shift in Jagger’s attitude to health and wellness since his drug-fuelled escapades in early adulthood. Longevity is now the focus. ‘I’m training for stamina,’ he explained.

Author Isadora Puiggené explores Jagger’s remarkable endurance in her book Pacto Con El Diablo: Los Hábitos Saludables del Rolling Stone Más Dinámico del Mundo (A Pact with the Devil: The Healthy Habits of the World’s Most Dynamic Rolling Stone). She took a keen interest in his wellness habits when he turned 80, explaining why the Mediterranean diet works so well.

‘A varied diet provides us with the essential nutrients required to stay healthy, feel good and maintain our energy levels. The Mediterranean diet includes plenty of fruit and vegetables, proteins like meat and fish, healthy fats such as olive oil and nuts, legumes and carbohydrates to supply the energy we need. Of course, it’s also important to hydrate properly by drinking a minimum of two litres of water every day,’ she told Hello.

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Ryan is a Senior Writer at Men’s Health UK with a passion for storytelling, health and fitness. Having graduated from Cardiff University in 2020, and later obtaining his NCTJ qualification, Ryan started his career as a Trainee News Writer for sports titles Golf Monthly, Cycling Weekly and Rugby World before progressing to Staff Writer and subsequently Senior Writer with football magazine FourFourTwo.

During his two-and-a-half years there he wrote news stories for the website and features for the magazine, while he also interviewed names such as Les Ferdinand, Ally McCoist, Jamie Redknapp and Antonio Rudiger, among many others. His standout memory, though, came when getting the opportunity to speak to then-Plymouth Argyle manager Steven Schumacher as the club won League One in 2023.

Having grown up a keen footballer and playing for his boyhood side until the age of 16, Ryan got the opportunity to represent Northern Ireland national futsal team eight times, scoring three goals against England, Scotland and Gibraltar. Now past his peak, Ryan prefers to mix weightlifting with running – he achieved a marathon PB of 3:31:49 at Manchester in April 2025, but credits the heat for failing to get below the coveted 3:30 mark…

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