India’s batting celebrity Virat Kohli turned vegetarian a number of years in the past. Seeing the person who as soon as beloved butter hen flip to vegan sources, even for his protein wants was baffling for a lot of. But, Kohli had his causes and he even defined how quitting non-vegetarian meals helped him take his health to a brand new degree. However, when Virat posted a narrative on Instagram, saying he had ‘mock hen tikka’, many followers have been left scratching their heads. However, there is a aspect to the story that sure followers failed to know.

Just a few years in the past, Virat had revealed that he give up being a non-vegetarian due to a cervical backbone problem. Since his physique was creating method an excessive amount of uric acid, he needed to make sure modifications in his weight loss plan, and this one of many largest ones.

In the Instagram story that Virat shared, he’s consuming ‘mock hen tikka’, which isn’t animal-based, however plant-based. Hence, it stays a vegetarian dish.

Virat Kohli loves the “Chicken Tikka”#ViratKohli #CricketTwitter #KingKohli #Cricket pic.twitter.com/611fIdtkhn

— Niche Sports (@Niche_Sports) December 12, 2023

Some folks on Twitter actually do not perceive the distinction between Chicken tikka and Mock hen tikka (a kinda plant meals)
and began controversy towards Virat Kohli for consuming non veg. pic.twitter.com/rplyX4QPmq

— Akshat (@AkshatOM10) December 12, 2023

What is ‘Mock Chicken Tikka’?

Unlike the standard ‘Chicken Tikka’, the mock model of the dish is not truly constructed from hen. Instead, soy is used. Over the years, many vegetarian variations of hen and meat gadgets have arrived, principally product of soy.

The flavours and textures of the meals merchandise usually makes it tough for folks to distinguish between the 2. But, the ‘mock’ model of hen gadgets is only based mostly on soy.

Why did Virat Kohli flip vegetarian?

“Left eating meat just before the England Test series. In 2018, when we went to South Africa, I had a cervical spine issue while playing a test match. It compressed a nerve that was running straight to the little finger of my right hand. It gave me a tingling sensation and I could barely feel my little finger. I could not sleep at night and it was hurting like mad,” Kohli stated within the Instagram Live session again in 2020.
“Then I got my tests done and my stomach was too acidic and my body was too acidic, creating too much uric acid. Even though I was taking calcium and magnesium, everything but one tablet was not sufficient for my body to function properly. So, my stomach started pulling calcium from my bones and my bones got weaker. That is why I stopped eating meat completely in the middle of England tour to cut down the uric acid and I have never felt better in my life, to be honest,” he added.

Virat even revealed that the choice modified his life to a big extent, together with his vitality ranges going up.

“I felt amazing, it is almost two years now and it is the best decision I have taken… it made me feel why I didn’t do it before,” he stated then.