One thing you learn from watching the Olympics is this: if you’re competing at that level, you probably have an… interesting diet.  Michael Phelps’ 10,000 calorie diet (link: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/14/olympic.diet/index.html) was the talk of the 2008 games, and even the subject of a Saturday Night Live sketch. Finding out what the power lifters eat as part of their regimen is probably one of my favourite parts of watching the Olympics! It’s not something you’d often think about, but one of the most difficult logistical elements of hosting a Winter Games is ensuring that these high-performance athletes have enough food.  During the 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing's Olympic village had to serve 33,000 diners, comprised of high performance athletes, trainers, visitors and coaches, which equated to over 4000 litres of cooking oil and three tons of rice each day.  The U.S. Olympic team alone went through over 25,000 pounds of chicken – all of which was sent over from their home country. So how much chicken will be served at Vancouver's upcoming games?  It’s hard to say, but to feed the 25,000 volunteers, 6700 athletes, 20,000 media reps and hundreds of thousands of cheering fans, we’re going to need a lot.  Will we have enough?  Don’t worry.  This is what we’ve been training for.