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The cob itself isn't vertical, that would pretty funny to see actually. I eat it up and down around the cob and then move on instead of going across the cob.

Wow, someone's getting a little too big for their britches!

That would be fun for exactly one day then I think I would start to dread those CC pancakes! :D

I'm not sure where I sit on this issue. I loathe thinking of a steak being cooked past medium rare, but my favorite cousin will not touch a steak unless it is well done. I would never not serve her a well-done steak.

But I am not a restaurant and cooking steaks does not earn me a living. So, I guess I'm leaning towards letting a business owner run his or her business in the manner they choose.

Original Lays was my chip of choice for sandwiches when I was grade school. I think a crunchy blue corn tortilla chip sounds great for a burger.

@Laryssa - I agree with you on the name, too fast-foodish, makes me think of Burger King...

Come on people, the reason 'empty calories' and 'junk food' are normally a bad thing is that, when you eat them, you're not usefully contributing to the key elements of a balanced diet, so you will end up needing to consume more food in order to get the recommended daily allowances to keep your body running in good condition.

If you live in a third world country such as India, much of your diet consists of the empty calories in white rice, and you'll probably end up with the diseases and early deaths that malnutrition brings. At the other extreme, the likely result in a Westerner is that you'll be eating more calories than you're burning, so you'll put on weight.

Once in shape, swimmers generally don't have a huge mass of muscle to build or maintain, so their requirements for proteins, vitamins, and so on are only 1-2 times those of 'normal' people [ref]. But they have a massively larger need for calories (i.e. 4-5 times), and of course the easiest way to get that massive dose of additional calories is through 'empty calories' - lots of fats and sugars.

If he were to keep the same diet once he stops swimming competitively he'd be breaking scales not records!

Certainly Mr. Phelps should cause those in the nutrition left to think critically about their eat healthy be healthy mantra. There are many in the 20 something age group who eat whatever whenever without any discernable health malady. Sure Olympic atheletes are more active than the average person but are they super healthier? Do they live longer? Are they 100% disease free? Are there 200 year old former atheletes hanging out that I am unaware of?

The nutrition fact that is often missed is that all foods fit into a "healthy" diet, even chocolate chips pancakes and ham sandwiches on white. Those who villify certain foods labeling them as "junk" are fishing in an empty pond and are never able to reel in real evidence.

My nutrition advice to Mike, stick to the diet you are on for it is the "Right Nutrition".

Oh yeah and Phelps at 6'4", wearing size 14 shoes (also used in the single kayak races later on) seems to use his calories efficiently, don't we think? as Right N points out, look at the results. And look at the man's body. Do you see an unhealthy man? He's not skinny, but he is stream-lined. He's able to swim 8 races in, what, 6 days? Breaking records (some of which he set) in every single race (one was only an olympic record, the other 7 were world records) some won thanks to 3 teammates. It does seem like lots of sugar and carbohydrates, but it clearly fuels his engine.

None of us can compare what we do and how we eat to the regimen of an elite athlete, no matter how active we are, can we? It's just flat out different for them.

Someone left a comment regarding the "empty calories" in the things Mr. Phelps was eating. Although the things he eats are not viewed as health food by the health gestapo they are far from empty calories. Just look at the results Mike is getting, he is a champion. Do a little more research next time.

@FastFoodCritic: I wash bananas before peeling because whatever is on the banana skin would be transferred from my hands to the fruit. Next time you slice one into your cereal, consider how the banana travels from Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Honduras, the Philippines, Panama, or Guatemala (see http://www.banana.com/farming.html) to your market, and what dreck the fruit has collected on its way. Blech!