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Diabetes and Extremes

Extreme Case #1:

• 3 fried egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and fried onions
• 1, 5-egg omelette
• 1 bowl grits
• 3 slices French toast
• 3 chocolate chip pancakes
• 2 cups coffee

Question: Is this meal worth a bolus?
Answer: NO

It is a typical breakfast for Olympic gold medal swimmer, Michael Phelps. His total daily calorie intake while training, strokes between 12,000 and 16,000 calories. I must admit, as a food lover. I got a little nauseous when I read about this copious, unbridled food consumption. I also had some questions. Where was the balance in this meal? Where were the fruits and veggies, the whole grains, the lean protein, the good fats? I suppose that an athlete of his caliber and high pitched training can eat just about anything since all the body is interested in, at that level of stress, is fuel to power the machine. However, where were the guiding dieticians and nutritionists to recommend the food groups? Maybe I am being too much of a food nazi and nag-ulater pushing my perennial mission that everyone should eat healthy, fresh, local, seasonal foods. Furthermore, at a time in our culture when the encouragement is to eat less and lose weight, the Frosted Flakes cereal Phelps endorses as a breakfast for champions …. well. I’d better zip my big mouth shut, editorialize less and talk more about better choices.

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