How Do Your Eating Habits Compare to Warren Buffett's, Elon Musk's and Mark Zuckerberg's?Do you eat better or worse than these mavens?

ByCarolyn Sun

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Finding out the eating habits of some of the world's richest and most powerfulbusiness leadersis one way of gaining insight into theirsuccessandproductivity secrets. After all, a person's eating habits are one of the bedrocks of their energy and health. Unsurprisingly, some of these moguls derive a lot of strength and efficiency from their diets, while others seem to thrive in spite of them.

Click through the slides to find out how your dietary habits compare to these 12 standout world business eaters (I meanleaders.)

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Warren Buffett

"I eat like a 6 year old,"says Warren Buffett, with good reason. Hecitesthat 6 year olds have the lowest mortality rate worldwide. The 87-year-old investor and philanthropist reportedly is your average multibillionaire who has been known to eatchocolate-chip ice-cream at breakfast and consumes five Coca-Colasdaily along with a bountiful supply of shoestring French fries.

He really wasn't kidding about the eating like a 6-year-old part.

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Steve Jobs

It's fair to say thatSteve Jobswas an extreme individual. These tendencies were very much reflected in hiseating habits. He was known for being an extreme vegetarian, sometimes restricting his intake to one kind of food for weeks at a time (apples or carrots), according to thebiography据沃尔特·艾萨克森写的。乔布斯还fasted for weeks and, on occasion, would break his vegetarian diet by gorging on sushi during his trips to one of his favorite countries to visit, Japan.

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Elon Musk

"I certainly could be slimmer, I think,"says Elon Musk, who seems to be thriving in spite of his eating habits. To fuel his 80 to 90 hour work weeks, Musk claims that he doesn't have time for breakfast. But when he does, he sometimes reaches for a Mars bar. That's right, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX eats candy (specifically one named after the planet he wants humans to reach) for breakfast. "I'm trying to cut down on sweet stuff, and I should have an omelet and coffee,"he says.

Lunchis barely a blip on his radar. His assistant brings him a plate during meetings, and he inhales it in five minutes.

It's during his numerous business dinners that Musk pounds the calories. "You can eat enough for two,"he says. The 46-year-old futurist has ataste for rich foods, such as French fare and barbecue. His tipple of choice is whiskey.

But he's trying to cut back, at least, on his Diet Coke habit. Musk used to throw back eight cans of Diet Coke a day. However, he began to lose his peripheral vision due to the effects of overstimulation. So now his office stockscaffeine-free Diet Coke.

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey'sbattle with her weight has played out in public, and she's spoken at length about her food kryptonite, the potato. "I've been controlled by potatoes for 40 years,"Winfrey admits.

However, in more recent years, the media mogul has been able to overcome her potato addiction, due to her committment to theWeight Watchers point system, under which Winfrey can still eat her potato chips.

Winfrey is not only a client, but she's the company's current spokesperson andthird largest shareholder.

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Mark Zuckerberg

Not a lot has been written aboutMark Zuckerberg'seating habits, however, theFacebookCEO made waves in 2011 (he was 27 at the time) when he chronicled that he was taking on the personal challenge of onlyeating meat (and seafood) that he killed himself.

The challenge worked on an evolutionary curve, starting with the boiling of a live lobster and working his way up to a chicken -- and then a goat and a pig.

Zuckerbergsayshis reason for the challenge was to be a more thoughtful and appreciative food consumer. "I'm eating a lot healthier foods. And I've learned a lot about sustainable farming and raising of animals,"he says. "It's easy to take the food we eat for granted when we can eat good things every day."

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Martha Stewart

Martha Stewarthas to be one of the most glowing 76 year olds around, and this is at least in part due to her extremely healthy dietary habits. The media mogul starts her day with a glass of green juice and eats regularly from her garden of organic vegetables.

When it comes to protein, she sticks to fish and shies away from red meat,according to theDr. Ozwebsite. Although Stewart is an avid baker, she uses alternatives to the nutritionally empty white flour, like spelt or oat flour.

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Richard Branson

Richard Bransonlikes his tea. The founder of Virgin Group drinks more than20 cups of English Breakfast teaa day. That's a lot of flavonoids, a type of antioxidant found in black and green teas. No wonder the 67-year-old Branson is still going like the Energizer Bunny. For breakfast, he's afruit salad and mueslisort of fellow. And apparently, to keep his staffers on their feet, he'll sometimes eat a kipper, a small, oily fish (and hopefully some Altoids).

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Jack Dorsey

It's rather fitting thatJack Dorsey, the CEO ofTwitter, routinelyeats two boiled eggsfor breakfast considering that the default profile image on Twitter is an egg. The 40-year-old entrepreneur seasons his morning fare not with table salt, but soy sauce.

Something must be working, because 18-hour days are regular occurrences for Dorsey. "I look to build a lot of consistent routine,"he says. "Same thing every day." The consistency enables him to deal with the unpredictable chaos that gets thrown his way.

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford, the creator of the Model-T, had some strange eating habits. The self-taught engineer regarded food as merely raw materials to fire his engine.

He was known to "pick the weeds out of his garden and eat them-- either by themselves or made into a sandwich,"according toInc.

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Donald Trump

PresidentDonald Trumphas a range of culinary tastes and has made known his love for fast food and "all of the things that we shouldn't be eating ... Bacon, eggs, steak," Trumpsays in an interview.

"All of those places, Burger King, McDonald's, I can live with it. The other night I had Kentucky Fried Chicken. Not the worst thing in the world," the 71 year oldclaims.

But when it comes to a dish that has a special place in his heart, the social media enthusiastsaysthat it's the Filet-O-Fish.

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Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffingtonis not only a proponent of sleep, but she's also an advocate for healthy eating. In aninterview withBazaar, 67岁的媒体大亨谈论她的克丽n and simple eating habits, which include grilled fish and vegetables (minus any rich sauces), and her choice to give up refined sugar years ago.

She does like her caffeine and starts her day withtwocappuccinos made with non-dairy milk. However, alcohol rarely crosses her lips, except for the occasional glass of red wine. Her splurges include cheese and"the occasional fabulous dessert."

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Jeff Bezos

Unsurprisingly,Jeff Bezosis ahealthy eater. He starts every morning with a leisurely breakfast with his wife and four children, making sure not to schedule business meetings during that time.

Sometimes theAmazonCEO's breakfast choices include some non-traditional fare. Once during a breakfast with the CEO of a company he acquired,reports商业内幕, he ordered "octopus prepared with potatoes, bacon, green garlic yogurt and a poached egg," reflecting his hunger for the new and unfamiliar.

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