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Luton winger Townsend: My secret? Chicken feet!

Luton winger Andros Townsend has changed his diet as he seeks to extend his Hatters deal.

Townsend has a contract to January after arriving following his release by Everton.

He told BBC Sport: "I've only got a three-month contract. Luton need to use me straight away and I need to make sure I'm fit.

"One of the best natural sources of collagen is chicken feet. It is simple.

"It tastes exactly like a chicken wing. It is low on meat, it has a lot of cartilage close to the bone. It's got skin around it. It's very nice. In China, South Africa and in Portugal, it is eaten quite commonly.

"It's 20 minutes in the steam oven and get it down you. Mouth taping, I am doing that. All I know is that I am 32 years of age, I've been out of the game for two years and I feel absolutely amazing.

"In my prime at 27, 28, it would take me so long to recover after games - I'd be struggling for the rest of the week and sort of managing myself. Now I am feeling so much fresher and ready to go on Monday.

"I don't know what it is specifically but I think all these little 1%s are adding up. Nutrition and recovery, the hyperbaric chamber, red-light therapy, flow therapy... all these things I am doing seem to be working."

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