Phelps'unusual diet: 12,000 calories a day

                                    菲尔普斯的早餐

                                        中餐

                                        晚餐

作为有史以来最出色的游泳选手，美国名将迈克尔·菲尔普斯一天约需要摄入12000卡路里。他的食谱以鸡蛋、蛋黄酱和脂肪为主。他每天能吃下这么多东西吗？为什么海吃一通后他依然能保持健美身躯？

Mega-Olympian Michael Phelps packs in 12,000 calories a day to fuel his medal-winning.

So let's see what Michael Phelps eats in a day.

His breakfast: a large bowl of porridge; three doorstep-sized sandwiches of white bread, butter, fried egg, fried onion, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise; a five-egg omelette tastefully garnished with parsley; three slices of French toast liberally sprinkled with sugar; three pancakes topped with chocolate chips; and two large cups of coffee.
Next to it is lunch, which consists of 1lb (that's a very large bowl) of pasta with tomato sauce; two large ham-and-cheese sandwiches with more lettuce, tomato and don't forget the mayo; plus four bottles of a proprietary high-energy sports drink.

For dinner, it's another pound of pasta, a large cheese-and-tomato pizza, and another four bottles of the same proprietary high-energy sports drink.

The average adult man, depending on age, height and weight, requires between 2,200 and 2,800 calories a day. According to most media estimates, Phelps's daily intake - the three meals described above - amounts to around 12,000 calories.

Phelps is in burn mode  when it comes to carbs; most of us - particularly the couch potatoes- are in storage mode.

The problem for anyone normal who eats like Phelps, of course, is that it would be physically impossible for most of them to expend anything like 12,000 calories a day. In a good hour of dedicated jogging, the average person is going to burn about 400 calories.

作为有史以来最出色的游泳选手，美国名将迈克尔·菲尔普斯一天约需要摄入12000卡路里。他的食谱以鸡蛋、蛋黄酱和脂肪为主。他每天能吃下这么多东西吗？为什么海吃一通后他依然能保持健美身躯？英国《卫报》美食记者约翰·亨利决定做个试验：他准备好菲尔普斯一天所吃的各种食物，决定像菲尔普斯那样大快朵颐一番。

《卫报》报道，“味儿闻起来真怪。”当我们正准备食物时，摄影师发出抱怨。

桌上已经摆了一大盆麦片粥，三个夹着煎鸡蛋、煎洋葱圈、生菜、西红柿、牛油和蛋黄酱的白面包三明治，装饰着欧芹的五个鸡蛋煎成的鸡蛋饼，三片涂着白糖的法式土司，三个沾着巧克力碎屑的煎饼，两大杯咖啡———噢，天哪，这还仅仅是早餐。

然后是中饭，包括近500克拌西红柿酱的通心粉，两个超大号的夹有猪肉、奶酪和蛋黄酱的三明治，再加上4大瓶独家配方的高能量运动饮料。

晚饭又是一大份通心粉、一个超大的奶酪西红柿比萨，还有4瓶运动饮料。“你真可怜，”摄影师感慨，平时这家伙总是嫉妒我在镜头前享受美食，“这次我可不羡慕你。”