Comments on: When Michael Phelps eats 5x a standard day’s food, does he also eat the same 5x of all nutrients?

By: Diana L

Diana L — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:37:00 +0000

I would say no because what he eats pizza, pasta, sandwiches. Every single day. Drinks coffee and tons of energy drinks. Mostly an unhealthy but calorie rich diet.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:23:48 +0000

No, humans are not able to absorb that much nutrients. He is gonna waste some of them.

By: Katie W

Katie W — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:57:55 +0000

I certainly hope so. He seems quite healthy to me lol

By: Beatlesfan

Beatlesfan — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:50:00 +0000

This is for the olympics only. For the olympics, Michael Phelps does nothing in moderation. He eats this excess amount of calories because the man burns that much calories in his practices - for the olympics.

I don’t think he maintains this diet on a regular basis.

THE AVERAGE MAN DOES’NT DO WHAT MICHAEL PHELPS DOES - RIGHT NOW. I have read where marathoners eat sticks of margarine before races to build their carbs. I don’t think short term will hurt him, as long as he is utilizing it all. However, many olympic atheltes have damaged themselves for the sake of their sport.

By: monkey_girl

monkey_girl — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:56:17 +0000

i don’t think he eats 5x the saturated fat or the sodium because then it would be very unhealthy for him, for the other nutrients he might get 5x of it

sorry it’s not that clear

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:47:17 +0000

I don’t think so. When you see the list of what he eats, it mostly carbs and proteins which will help him store energy and feed his muscles. There aren’t that many nutrients in what he eats.

Also, there are some vitamins and minerals that are toxic to the body when taken in high doses (ex. Zinc, Vitamin A). It would be incredibly risky for an athlete of his caliber to be taking 5 times the recommended dose of those few vitamins/minerals.

By: m i c h e l l e 3

m i c h e l l e 3 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:41:40 +0000

yes she does also receive 5 times the nutrients. its crazy how much he can eat yet stay SO FIT!

By: hotmama123

hotmama123 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:35:20 +0000

I don’t know about the fat/sodium stuff etc…..
But I wonder if he poops 5X as much as the average person too. I would assume so. So when he says eat, sleep swim…what he really means is eat, sleep, swim, ****.

By: sweeetcupcake16

sweeetcupcake16 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:27:57 +0000

phelps does eat a lot of calories per day but he also burning the calories off in his daily workouts and his training. He has to eat a lot more calories then the average person because he burns more calories so he needs a lot more food to give him the certain amount of nutrients he needs. He burns almost 4000 calories in a single workout

By: dropabeattxo

dropabeattxo — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:40:57 +0000

I guess so. The food you eat has nutrients so if you eat a ton of food i would think you are also gaining a ton of nutrients.