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Last week, I wrote a post called “The Michael Phelps Diet” which is a carb-centric, 12,000-calorie-a-day affair.

Today, from The Globe and Mail, we have Dave McGinn who, decided to give the diet a shot.

Feeling like Mr. Creosote from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, I’m one bite away from asking my girlfriend for a bucket. I call it quits after an hour of eating in earnest, leaving one fried-egg sandwich, two chocolate-chip pancakes, most of a bowl of Cream of Wheat, and a five-egg omelette on the table, laughing at me from the heights of Phelpsian wonder.

Mr. Creosote

Nice try try there Dave. To his credit, McGinn did attempt to do the same amount of swimming that Phelps does in a day as well.

Then, from the NY Daily News, comes this piece about how some are bent that Phelps will be endorsing Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes.

Olympic legend Michael Phelps will appear on boxes of the Kellogg’s brand sugar cereal, drawing sharp criticism from health experts worried about the message he’ll be sending to children across America.

Health experts……..first off, health experts, the message Phelps will be sending is this;

They’re Grrrreat!

C’mon, health experts, just look at Tony the Tiger. He’s been eating Frosted Flakes since I was a kid and he’s buff.

“I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian,” said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of Mount Sinai Medical Center.

You know you’re right Rebecca, here’s what Phelps usually has for breakfast….

three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise
two cups of coffee
five-egg omelet
a bowl of grits
three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar
three chocolate-chip pancakes

That’s the real deal breakfast of champions right there. He isn’t telling the little shavers to go eat all that now, is he Ms. Solomon?

“I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios.”

Fiber One!!?? Are you kidding me? Fiber One?…Now, that’s not the food of an Olympian, that’s the food of a septuagenarian.

Listen, Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian ever. The greatest swimmer ever. Hell, he may be the greatest athlete ever. He has inspired more National pride than anyone has in a long time. That right there, is all good for the little shavers to see. He can eat and endorse anything he wants.