Irina Chaschina’s diet: a light one, fruit-oriented.

Fitness secret: Russian athletes eat healthy food.

None of Russia’s star athletes faced the weight-loss (or weight
gain, for that matter) issue, which is dangerous because it can
trigger a break-down. Weight-lifters and wrestlers went for
protein: farms of the Moscow region delievered pork and beef,
while the Far East furnished salmon and caviar. Volleyball,
basketball and handball players took care about their vitamin A
levels, consuming butter, sourcream, egg yolk and fish. Track
and field athletes need more vitamins and microelements to prove
their worth: enter fruit, vegetables, nuts, potherbs and
seed-oil. Runners and swimmers, who need particular stamina,
only eat chicken broth before the start, while marathon runners
only drink a mixture of water and glucose. When it comes to
weight, the charming Siberian girl Irina Chaschina, 22, who is
165 cm tall (5′ 5″), is only 46 kg (101 lb). Unlike Alina
Kabaeva, her team mate and prime rival at the forthcoming
Olympics, Irina is not disposed to extra weight and hadn’t put
on 10 kg (22 lb) in the wake of the doping scandal. A week
before the Olympics Irina’s daily ration uncluded dark
chocolate, rye bread with caviar (no butter), low-fat youghurt,
a glass of kefir, cucumber and tomato salad (no oil, no
mayonnaise), fresh fruit and vegetable juices. Irina doesn’t
usually need a diet to maintain her weight, yet sometimes she
goes an a light diet that is rich in fruit and veg. The fruit
diet Breakfast : a glass of fresh orange or apple juice. Lunch :
fruit salad, consisting of equal amounts of cut oranges,
pineapples, kiwi and peeled apples, washed down with fruit juice
freshly squeezed from one of these fruits. Supper : a glass of
still mineral water and a green apple. Sticking to this diet for
5-7 days, a determined person may shed 3-5 kg (7-11 lb).

By the way, in ordinary life Ira loves Siberian dumplings made
by her grandmother, and lollypops.

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Please note that this article is not a substitute for medical
advice. Copyright 2005, K.Benkunskij,freelance writer.

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