Mike Tyson recalls terrible prison food during three-year sentence

Mike Tyson discussed his experience with prison food during a three-year sentence on Robert Kennedy Jr.'s podcast, describing it as consisting primarily of sugar and heavily processed items. Tyson explained that the prison cafeteria sold only donuts, chips, and sugary foods, with the healthiest option being an oversalted impure soup, and noted that such food makes people angrier and contributes to prison violence. He contrasted this with his upbringing in a poor neighborhood where his family could only afford ultra-processed food, which he says contributed to his sister's death from obesity and his mother's health problems. Tyson credits his mentor Cus D'Amato with teaching him proper nutrition and now maintains a diet focused on eggs for breakfast and seafood, which he considers the best food for burning fat. Kennedy cited research showing that improving prison food quality reduces violence by 50% and disciplinary measures in juvenile facilities by 70%, while noting the federal prison system spends only 60 cents per day on inmate meals.