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Submitted by jennifer on Thu, 2008-08-14 07:52.
After he retires from swimming, Michael Phelps might want to try his hand at competitive eating. The Olympic star recently said he consumes 12,000 calories per day, or 9,500 more than the FDA recommends for an active, young male.
Phelps has to keep his intake up in order to compensate for all the calories he burns during the 30-hours per week he spends in training. He told NBC that an average day might have the following menu:
"The best of all healing worlds -- modern Western medicine blended with centuries-old Oriental wisdom."