He and his family adhere to a controversial, strict diet, the "TB12 Method", which has attracted much media attention.[526][527] He advocates a daily water intake in ounces of half of one's body weight in pounds and admits to consuming "a couple hundred ounces" daily.[528][529] He avoids most fruits, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, coffee, Gatorade, white sugar, flour, gluten, dairy, soda, cereal, white rice, potatoes, and bread.[530][531]