Sunday, July 22, 2012

Nutrition and Diet of Olympic Athletes


See an interactive presentation on diets of Great Britain athletes for Olympics

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympic_infographics_and_data/9397299/Olympics-2012-Team-GB-athletes-diets-interactive.html

Milo of Croton, the wrestler could have consumed 57,000 calories per day.
http://www.topendsports.com/nutrition/olympic-ancient.htm

Olympic Athletes Diet - Individual items - 6000 calories
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/olympics/pages/athletediet.aspx

Olympic Swimmer's Diet
http://www.livestrong.com/article/180717-olympic-swimmers-diet/

Michael Phelps' Unusual diet of up to 12,000 calories per day
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7562840.stm

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