Mark Teixeira is gluten free, sugar free and dairy free, which he hopes will help him avoid injury.

The New York Yankees first baseman hopes the new diet and different weightlifting program will help him remain healthy for the first time since 2011.

"I look at the last two years as hopefully more of a bump in the road," Teixeira said. "The way I feel now, I feel like a kid again. I feel like I did a few years ago when I was hitting 30-plus homers and driving in 100 RBIs, playing almost every single day.

"Thirty and 100 is kind of what I've always been and what I want to be. So if I can do that, then I know I'm helping the team out. That is the most important thing. I know if I can do that, then I know I'm helping the team out."