British set designer Sarah Parker and photographer Micheal Bodiam collaborated on a still life shoot revealing the Diets Behind Sporting Success. The creative duo graphically re-envision Olympian nutritionist Dan Benardot‘s diets for five star athletes. Creating oversize paper settings with miniature-looking real food products, each plate represent a specific diet.
From the 2282-calorie diet for a 17-year-old gymnast including peanut butter and bagels to a male triathlete’s blueberries and chocolate milk, the nutritionist behind USA’s 1992 and 1996 gymnastic team, as well as marathoners in Athens 2004, shares the ideal eating regimes for sports stars looking to optimize their game.
– says Benardot of the seemingly counterintuitive food choices.
says Sarah Parker
Dan Benardot‘s latest book Advanced Sports Nutrition-2nd edition is out now.
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