Phelps' Diet

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The boy swimming wonder eats 12,000 calories / 50,000 kjoules/day to

fuel his training and racing according to this article.

http://tinyurl.com/68y2lx

.. . . and he looks to be about 5% body fat.

It's a New York Post article, so not sure how much can be believed,

but they document typical meals.

Sample:

" Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase " Breakfast of Champions " by

starting off his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with

cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.

He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl

of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and

three chocolate-chip pancakes. "

I like the sugar on toast. I used to do that for an after school

snack -- and I didn't even get one gold medal!

If you're a serious athlete and you think you can do your best on

some Paleo or low-carb diet or other, welcome to the real world.

(It almost makes one want to train 6 hours a day.)

Gympie, Australia