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Eat like an Olympian

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    Chef for 2012 U.S. wrestling team shares what he feeds athletes going for the gold

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-- -- now FOX & Friends regular -- great Scott he's hoping that his food can help the US Olympic wrestling team bring home -- gold that's right great Scott is now.

The officials -- for the US twenty trouble -- progressing TV joints along with.

Team nutritionist league camp.

And 2012 wrestling champion.

Gold medal here Jacob Herbert to tell us about the best food -- over here and wrestling where we get him -- second.

Well we've talked about how he gets -- your work out and hide your nice to see -- thing hi Dylan Clayton I'm doing well so.

Congratulations on the new role what do folks need to know I mean certainly the team you're actually giving them extra calories in a boost to for the big matches -- -- Feel the Olympic athletes have a nutritional diet it's not a week or month or year it's that lifestyle.

So.

Lead has helped me come up with some -- dishes.

To help the athletes perform at their optimum strength.

So after you -- work out -- the most important thing you say is to get some protein and you and you actually appreciate that these athletes are using a regular basis.

Absolutely one of the most important things to do is get some protein in your body within thirty minutes of of your practice.

It's hard to do what you're gonna -- food because that takes probably a couple hours to prepare something yes get it on the table get atomic.

Protein shake you can take right away -- comes an individual packets.

You can get it right your body right after the track and it's full strength quality of taking that what -- apparently -- -- you can have the strength but what you really want his current team.

Some complex carbohydrates such of the Kmart here and announce about that fat -- but again this is a lifestyle diet so a little fact goes a long way.

Not a lot because that prohibits the -- from getting into your muscle tissue so I understand so this free play is something that they're gonna be eating on a regular basis -- please free work out.

Three to four hours before the actual.

Contest.

It's easily digest the ball high in vitamin BY vitamin B vitamin B for -- -- From doesn't hurt to help your bones be strong and singer on the balance beam and you -- -- be focused that they and their routine and you really need to be focused.

Without any fatigue and that's what the -- vitamin B does.

Also salmon with a -- law that's what you had here you talk about the protein -- over here are wrestling ring how important is it for the recovery to get that protein in your body right after a match or right after a workout pick somebody you know the difference between a gold -- silver medal you know your -- a couple bigotry elect wants -- to put the right things and it.

You know efficiently wrestling Sam bam bam bam and it it comes up -- so you need it.

And so I would think also with the French toast you have here I wouldn't think that that would be on the top of the list we'll talk with the oatmeal for exercise and it actually -- Can help you build well this is then I.

-- Michael Phelps 121000 calories a day played the day of 500 to a thousand calories.

Three to four hours before the work out.

Michael Phelps eats everything whether it's six exam which is in the morning friends -- -- make it pancakes I mean he's an anomaly.

The only at 3% body fat we're gonna eat some pancakes in the afternoon show show more FOX & Friends in two minutes is you guys -- -- -- -- a -- -- -- roughly.

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