泳坛名将迈克尔·菲尔普斯(Michael Phelps)的下一个职业也许会是参加大胃王竞赛。目前为止，他在北京奥运会上共收获了五枚金牌，创下了奥运史上的夺金之最，而在餐厅里，他也是频频创下新记录。
   菲尔普斯据《纽约邮报》(New York Post)报导，菲尔普斯每天摄入的热量是──听好喽──12,000卡路里，你的胃开始隐隐作痛了吧？一个人真的能够每天吃那么多、还保持那么好的身材吗？即便菲尔普斯要经受每周六天、每天五小时的高强度训练，吃下这么多东西对他的健康有益吗？
   菲尔普斯的日常标准食谱如下（根据《纽约邮报》，他可不是在下列食物中挑一些来吃，而是照单全收哦）:
   早餐：三个加奶酪、生菜、番茄、炸洋葱、蛋黄酱的煎蛋三明治，两杯咖啡，一份加了五个鸡蛋的煎蛋卷，一碗粗燕麦，三片抹了糖粉的法式吐司，三个巧克力薄饼。
   中餐：一磅营养强化意面，两个大号抹蛋黄酱火腿奶酪三明治，含1,000卡路里热量的能量饮料。
   晚餐：一磅意面，一整个比萨，更多的能量饮料。
   即便是这么一架狂烧卡路里的游泳机器，这么大吃大喝能行吗？我们向马克·克里恩(Mark Klion)求证这个问题，他是纽约西奈山医学中心(Mount Sinai Medical Center)的运动医学专家及整形外科专家。他提醒我们，在饮食上玩的任何花样其实都可以归结为最基本的算术问题。
   如果你吃下的卡路里数少于运动时消耗的卡路里数，你的体重就会减轻。不过像菲尔普斯这样超大强度运动量的运动员，要担心的事情则是如何补充燃烧掉的大量卡路里。克里恩解释说，如果菲尔普斯不尽快补充卡路里，那么他的“体能无法恢复，肌肉也无法恢复，他就无法为下一次的比赛储存足够的能量。”
   在食物的选择上又有什么讲究呢？那一大堆的鸡蛋、火腿、奶酪不一定会对他有什么好处，不是吗？克里恩对此的解释是：“我考虑过这个问题，因为他对卡路里的需求极大，所以他几乎可以随心所欲地吃任何东西。” 另外，克里恩说，要吃下那么多的东西，最好是选择自己爱吃的，否则很难坚持得下来。克里恩指出，要让菲尔普斯一口气吞下一磅豆腐显然就有些强人所难了。
   不过，克里恩也提出了警告，他知道有很多马拉松运动员，因为觉得自己可以无所顾忌放开来吃，导致体重上升。所以的确需要好好地计划一下。网上有些资源也许能帮上忙，比如美国心脏协会的卡路里消耗表以及《跑步者世界》杂志刊登的卡路里计算器。由卡路里控制协会设计的这个计算器包括很多的活动，从除尘到冰球运动，不一而足。
   不过这类计算器对菲尔普斯这样的人并不适用，他的运动量要远远高于普通人，凯思琳·拉夸勒(Kathleen Laquale)如是说道，她是一位体育教练及营养学家，任教于马萨诸塞州桥水大学。即便从运动员的标准来看，菲尔普斯也是鲜有人及。据拉夸勒说，环法自行车赛的选手通常一天仅需消耗8,000至10,000卡路里的热量。

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Michael Phelps Wins Record Eighth Gold
By CHRISTOPHER RHOADS
August 17, 2008

  BEIJING -- Michael Phelps capped a historic week at the Beijing Games Sunday, winning his single-Games record eighth gold meal. 

  Compared with some of his finishes this week, most notably the controversial victory by the slimmest of margins in the 100-meter butterfly on Saturday, this one was not in doubt after Mr. Phelps completed the third leg of the men's 4x100-meter medlay relay. The U.S. team, which included Aaron Piersol, Brendan Hansen and Jason Lezak, won the event by a more comfortable seven-tenths of a second, setting another world record. 
  Michael Phelps swims the butterfly leg of the 4x100 medley relay.
"I don't know what I feel, so much excitement," Mr. Phelps said after the race. "It shows that nothing is impossible." 

  Mr. Phelps now enters some rarefied Olympic air. Between these Games and those from four years ago in Athens, he has won 14 gold medals — five more than any other Olympian. He has won more total medals than any male Olympian, with 16. Only Larysa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast from the 1950s and 1960s, has won more medals, with 18.

  But Mr. Phelps will have a chance for that record as well should he follow through with his stated plans to compete in 2012 at the London Games. 

  Mr. Phelps's performance earns him the right to be considered the greatest swimmer ever, having surpassed the seven gold medals won at the 1972 Munich Games by American Mark Spitz. That accomplishment won him a $1 million bonus from one of his sponsors, Speedo, who as a publicity stunt before the Athens Games made Mr. Phelps the offer on the condition of winning seven golds.

  The only question now is whether he can translate his performance into the fame and riches of a major international sports celebrity, akin to a Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan. Since swimming remains a largely niche sport with virtually no televised events outside of the Games, that will be no easy feat.

  "Michael will be on a very short list of global sports icons," said Peter Carlisle, his agent.

  Mr. Carlisle believes the setting of these Games in China, the world's most populous market, and the huge viewership during the past week on prime-time television in the U.S. will help, as will the knowledge that he will be competing in the next Games in four years.

  Whatever becomes of Mr. Phelps, his Olympic performance goes down as one of the most impressive.

  He broke records in seven of his eight races, including as a member of three relay teams, in some cases by wide margins. But more memorable were the come-from-behind finishes, including his victory Saturday in the 100-meter butterfly, where he somehow edged out Serbia's Milorad Cavic by one one-hundredth of a second.  

  Mr. Cavic was ahead for most of the race, with Mr. Phelps as far back as seventh at the turn, and most in the so-called Water Cube here thought Mr. Cavic had ended Mr. Phelps' quest for eight golds. But the Omega clock, one of Mr. Phelps' many sponsors,  showed otherwise. The Serbian team filed a protest but withdrew after seeing footage in super-slow motion.

  Mr. Phelps also won with his goggles filled with water, in the 200-meter butterfly last Wednesday, setting a world record in that event. But perhaps the most enduring image might be of Mr. Phelps and his teammates cheering on Mr. Lezak, who somehow caught French swimmer Alain Bernard at the wire in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

  With 32 of 34 swimming events completed, the U.S. has won 31 medals, followed by Australia with 20 and China with six. The U.S. leads the pack with 12 golds, followed by Australia with six and a number of countries with two.