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The Michael Phelps Diet: Don t Try It at Home

Posted on August 13, 2008

Michael Phelps celebrates another gold medal and another 12,000-calorie day. (AP Photo) Swimmer Michael Phelps s next career may be in competitive eating. Besides grabbing five gold medals at the Beijing Olympics so far, making him the winningest Olympic athlete ever, he s got to be setting new marks on the chow line.A New York Post account of Phelps s wait for it 12,000-calorie-a-day diet, gave us a stomachache. Could one human being really consume that much and still be in Phelps s shape? And could this possibly be healthy for Phelps, even considering his five-hours-a-day, six-...

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