How Many Calories Do Olympic Athletes Need?

Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/07/24/157317262/how-many-calories-do-olympic-athletes-need-it-depends?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Meb Keflezighi and Galen Rupp  lead the race during the U.S Olympic Marathon Team Trials in February in Los Angeles.


Meb Keflezighi and Galen Rupp lead the race during the U.S Olympic Marathon Team Trials in February in Los Angeles.

Jonathan Moore/Getty Images

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on July 25, 2012.

Food, as we so often note on this blog, means a lot of different things to different people. To Olympic athletes, food is fuel for exceptional athletic performance. But there’s a surprising amount of variety in just how much fuel elite athletes need.

Anyone who followed Michael Phelps’ astonishing performance in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games surely will remember one of the secrets of his success: Consuming as many as <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyI…

Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/07/24/157317262/how-many-calories-do-olympic-athletes-need-it-depends?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Meb Keflezighi and Galen Rupp  lead the race during the U.S Olympic Marathon Team Trials in February in Los Angeles.


Meb Keflezighi and Galen Rupp lead the race during the U.S Olympic Marathon Team Trials in February in Los Angeles.

Jonathan Moore/Getty Images

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on July 25, 2012.

Food, as we so often note on this blog, means a lot of different things to different people. To Olympic athletes, food is fuel for exceptional athletic performance. But there’s a surprising amount of variety in just how much fuel elite athletes need.

Anyone who followed Michael Phelps’ astonishing performance in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games surely will remember one of the secrets of his success: Consuming as many as <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyI…

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