How the Elite Eat: Dara Torres

A: The biggest change is recovery. I don’t recover as quickly as I used to, so now I try to eat more foods—lean protein in particular—that help me recover quicker.

Q: Favorite dinner or recipe?

A: A mixed green salad, turkey-spinach lasagna, garlic bread and green beans. My favorite cookbook is one I got in college—Where’s Mom Now That I Need Her?

Q: Best piece of nutrition advice you’ve ever gotten?

A: It’s OK to have bites of food that probably aren’t the best for you because that way you won’t deprive yourself and then want more of that food.

Q: Do you have an eating mantra you try to live by?

A: I eat what I want, when I want, but I exercise so I can do that. link

Comments

[Steve]

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[Ari goldemberg]

If something I improve the life of the athletes, it was the possibility of diets semi liquid with high quantity of calories and nutrients.
I see changes in the daily performance only including some portions of protein of whey. It s not small, among 6 - 8 hours ( !!! ) less per day that the body dedicates him to the digestion.
up to 8 hours to train or to recover.... In one month, it does a difference of up to 240 hours!