Elon Musk’s mother Maye doesn’t keep these two popular snacks in her home: ‘I’ve got no food’

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, doesn’t propulsion immoderate punches erstwhile it comes to nutrition.

During a Thursday appearance connected Fox Business’ “The Bottom Line,” Musk was asked astir “Make America Healthy Again,” nan wellness inaugural from erstwhile President Donald J. Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which focuses connected choosing healthier foods.

The exemplary and dietitian, 76, said she saw galore diet-related wellness conditions while moving her backstage believe for 40 years.

“The main issues were obesity, precocious cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes,” Musk said.

“Once they started changing their diets, their humor values looked amended — and it conscionable decreases nan disbursal of treating these patients.”

Musk emphasized nan value of communities moving together for better health.

“We request to beryllium capable to thatch group to eat better, and to person communities doing it together,” she said. 

“Because it’s difficult erstwhile you person a organization that loves to eat a batch of nutrient and past you person to effort to propulsion yourself back.”

As a proud grandma of 14 grandchildren, Musk said she takes measures to provide healthy foods and snacks.    

“You’ll ne'er spot chips and cookies successful my home,” she said, joking that “as my grandkids say, ‘I’ve sewage nary food.’”

Musk besides alluded to nan addictive quality of unhealthy foods.

“If you commencement connected them, you can’t stop,” she said. 

“And truthful I’d alternatively not commencement pinch them.”

Instead of processed foods, Musk said she sticks pinch healthier choices for illustration fruits, vegetables, yogurt, milk, cereal and whole-wheat bread.

Musk has antecedently credited her “flexitarian diet” for helping her look and feel her best.

The style of eating has been described arsenic 1 that prioritizes plant-based foods while consuming nutrient successful moderation. It is considered much “flexible” than vegetarianism.

“I eat very well,” Musk told Fox News Digital astatine nan time.

“To me, to support nan assemblage patient and tegument glowing, you person to eat well. That keeps maine in good health.”

Musk has besides shared her committedness to a daily active lifestyle, relying connected elemental workouts that tin beryllium done astatine home, including yoga, weights and stepping her dogs.

Stephanie Nolasco of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.