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In association with MOTD Kickabout and BBC Food Dish Up

Premier League football is a dynamic, powerful sport. Professional players need to be lean and athletic. They eat a clean, balanced diet with a healthy mixture of vegetables, proteins and carbohydrates.

Good nutrition is the secret to success. We all know we should limit how much junk food we eat. But what about mealtimes - are all lean meats and vegetables equally good for us, or are some healthier than others? Knowing what, how much and when you should eat can give you an edge. But are you eating all the right things to win at football?

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How do you eat like a Premier League footballer?

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In association with MOTD Kickabout and BBC Food Dish Up Premier League football is a dynamic, powerful sport. Professional players need to be lean and athletic. They eat a clean, balanced diet with a healthy mixture of vegetables, proteins and carbohydrates. Good nutrition is the secret to success.

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Ricky Hatton on the highs and lows of his incredible career

Ricky Hatton on the highs and lows of his incredible career

On why he chose boxing over football

"I was at Manchester City at the School of Excellence up to being 14 years of age but my boxing was taking off, I won my first Schoolboy Championship at 13 and then won two more at 14 so like most kids at that age, I was giving everything a bit of a try but I found out I was a little bit better at hitting people so I stuck to the boxing but boxing is a very addictive sport. I'm a massive, massive football fan and being at the School of Excellence I always wonder could I have played for Manchester City but probably not, if I'm honest. But in boxing you get all the praise and maybe that's selfish, I'll admit, thinking but it is a very addictive sport and that's why it was so hard for me to retire and come to terms with retirement. You get your hand raised in front of 20,000, 40,000, 58,000 people, it's very hard to say goodbye to that."

On his inspiration

"No, people ask you who's your inspiration and there is a lot of inspirations that come to mind like Muhammad Ali because he stood for more than boxing and then Roberto Duran was my all-time hero and Nigel Benn was the person who actually got me into boxing but it's normally, like you say, passed down through the family tree, either your father or grandfather or someone has done it but no one in the family ever did it so we're a little bit puzzled as to where it actually come from, yes.

"I tell a lie actually, yes, it was Bruce Lee films but for the same reason I went to the gym to do kickboxing, I went to the same gym, I just wanted to fight with someone! I like to think, I'm a laugh a minute, I'm like a bubbly character and I don't think I'm an aggressive person although I'm aggressive in the boxing ring, but not away from the ring. That's why people might still like me I guess."

On his proudest moment

"People say to you, what was your proudest achievement and my best win was Kostya Tszyu and when you look at Mayweather and Pacquiao, they will probably go down as two of the best of all time but my proudest achievement was my fan base, do you know what I mean? I'm not saying I'm the greatest British fighter of all time because I'm not but I don't think any of them, even my heroes like Big Frank [Bruno] and Nigel Benn, they never had the following I had and that's the proudest achievement I took into retirement. It started off at Las Vegas, the first fight 6,000 went over and for the Castillo fight 10,000 went over and then for Mayweather 30,000 went over and 20,000 for the Pacquiao fight and that was unheard of and that's the proudest achievement I brought out of the sport."

On his crazy fans

"I've seen a few strange ones over the years, they used to just take over everywhere, do you know what I mean? I'd come out the lift in the hotel, the lift doors would fly open and you'd just see security guys just throwing them out, arresting them and throwing them out of the doors and you'd walk up and see them all stood on the slot machines and tables with pint pots like that. The American supporters must have thought oh I can't wait for these lot to go home but it was entertaining. I did a lot of big fights in Vegas but my fans were football fans, there were the songs left, right and centre, they created a party atmosphere. For the Mayweather fight, even Floyd said to me that will never, ever be done again, Rick, the atmosphere that the fans created and I've always had a very strong bond with the fans, yes."

On winning a title at Man City

"I did and having been a City fan from the age of 13, as I mentioned earlier, I always dreamt of becoming a world champion from a very, very young age and when I was 13, even then - and I've never been an arrogant person but even then I believed I was going to be a world champion and I wanted to fight at Maine Road first but I never got the chance at Maine Road but then I got the chance, which was an even better chance, to fight at the City of Manchester Stadium.

"It was after the Mayweather fight and all those fans came over to watch the Mayweather fight and it was very hard for me to come to terms with because I wasn't just happy to be in there with the best, I genuinely thought I was going to beat him and when I didn't it was hard for me to come to terms with, which was obviously very well documented. Then for the return fight, I decided to carry on with my career and the fight was at the City of Manchester Stadium and we geared it up for 58,000, that was the capacity it was going to be. It is 20,000 at the Manchester Arena and I thought if we can get 30 or 35,000 that would be brilliant and 58,000, the capacity, went in a month. For someone who had suffered the defeat by Mayweather and was thinking of packing it in, I think the best way the fans could support me was by turning out in their droves for my homecoming, that's what it was and being a City fan it was one of the proudest nights of my life."

After losing to Mayweather and suffering from depression

"It was terrible, yes. I had suffered from depression for quite some time and a lot of things were going wrong. I got beat by Mayweather and then I was back up, I fought Lazcano then at City and I was back up. Then I fell out with my trainer, Billy Graham, he was my best mate so then I was down. Then I beat Pauly Malignaggi which was probably one of my best wins, then I fell out with my parents. My mind was going up and down and for a short while there I didn't care whether I lived or died, I tried killing myself several times but I had a good girlfriend behind me, good people, a good team behind and when I look now, I got myself fit, I ended up making my comeback fight and now I actually train boxers and trying to bring the next champion we can be proud of through, it's where I've come from and it is probably one of my best achievements because I was probably on the bottom rung of the ladder, yes.

"I've always ballooned up in weight, you saw me with the fat suit on, Ricky Fatton I was nicknamed but I've always got very, very depressed and it started round about the Mayweather fight but I've always liked to drink but you can't drink, when you've got depression you feel all right for about an hour and then the more you do it, you just go worse and then the more and more you drink, the more depressed you get, the more you start worrying and you start looking towards other options such as drugs. I didn't care who I was with, what I was doing, I didn't care whether I lived or died and it is a very, very difficult thing. My family and my friends, my personal friends, were there and had to see me go through it and they were there helpless, seeing me crumble. I had a little girl, my little girl Millie, my second child, she come through and I think that was the best thing that happened to us because I held her in my hands and went, come on, get yourself together now and I have never looked back since."

Watch the full interview with Ricky Hatton on The Clare Balding Show tomorrow from 8.00pm on BT Sport 2

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Mariafrancesca Garritano, 33, has broken the unwritten code of silence - which she fears could cost her a place in the opening performance of next season.

In scenes that would not look out of place in the Natalie Portman Oscar winning film Black Swan, Miss Garritano, a ballerina at Milan's famous La Scala opera house, described how dancers suffered from eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, as they frantically tried to please teachers and opera chiefs with "the perfect body."

"Sadly this is a phenomenon that affects the whole of the ballet world but is very rarely discussed," she said. "It's as if there is a Mafia code of omerta (silence) that rules over us and as it result it must never be broken.

"Dancers are having their bodies taken to the limit by teachers and theatre directors who are demanding that the dancers have the perfect body and as such this is a sore that needs to be treated.

"Ballet and the world of dance is a beautiful form of art that should not be exploited and put the lives of ballerinas and dancers at risk."

Miss Garritano, who spoke after rehearsals at La Scala for next month's opening performance of Excelsior, added: "This message needs to get out there - the people in the industry know the problem exists and the thought that I may be victimised for speaking out has crossed my mind but I hope it does not come to that.

"I have personal experience of this problem - when I was a young teenager I suffered from anorexia and my weight dropped to 43 kilos (6.8stone). I didn't think I was fat but the teachers kept telling me I needed to lose weight or I would not get selected for performances.

"For 18 months I did not have my period and even know I suffer from intestinal problems which I am sure are all connected to my experiences as a teenager. Lots of dancers I know cannot conceive because of the problems they had with anorexia."

She added that it was not unusual to hear ballerinas talk of how they had two crackers for breakfast, a yogurt for lunch and an apple for dinner.

Miss Garrittano added: "I have never actually seen people being sick after eating but I know ballerinas who have suffered from eating disorders and then gone on to have psychological problems as well. I saw the film Black Swan and it was not very far from the truth at all."

Miss Garrittano has written about her experiences in a book called 'The Truth, Please, About Ballet'.

No one from La Scala was available to comment.

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Mariafrancesca Garritano, 33, has broken the unwritten code of silence - which she fears could cost her a place in the opening performance of next season.

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Body Builders & Protein
What is Body Building?
A Day in the Life of A Body Builder
Bodybuilding is the pursuit of a muscular physique though a regime of weight training and a tailored program of nutrition.

In the sport of competitive bodybuilding, individuals display their physiques to a panel of judges, who score each entrant on the basis of the size, symmetry and definition of his (on her) musculature.
Muscle Dysmorphia
Muscle Dysmorphia is a pathological preoccupation with overall muscularity and leanness appears to be a relatively new body image disturbance that primarily affects men.
It is sometimes referred to as reverse anorexia
Meal 1:
18 egg whites and 6 whole eggs
200 g raw oats
2 bananas
4 pieces toast

Meal 2:
16 oz. chicken breast
3 cups cooked rice
Veggies

Meal 3:
16 oz. beef
24 oz. potatoes

Meal 4:
4 scoops protein
2 Carbo Force drinks

Meal 5:
Same as Meal 2

Meal 6:
Same as Meal 3

Meal 7:
4 scoops protein powder
200 g raw oats

Works Cited
Mosley, Philip E. "Bigorexia: Bodybuilding And Muscle Dysmorphia." European Eating Disorders Review 17.3 (2009): 191-198. Academic Search Complete. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.

Tarnopolsky, M. A., Atkinson, S. A., MacDougall, J. D., Chesley, A., Phillips, S., & Schwarcz, H. P. (1992). Evaluation of protein requirements for trained strength athletes. Journal of Applied Physiology, 73(5), 1986-1995.

Effects of high-calorie supplements on body composition and muscular strength following resistance training. Rozenek R, Ward P, Long S, Garhammer J. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2002 Sep;42(3):340-7.

Effects of exercise on dietary protein requirements. Lemon PW. Int J Sport Nutr. 1998 Dec;8(4):426-47.

Effect of protein intake on strength, body composition and endocrine changes in strength/power athletes. Hoffman JR, Ratamess NA, Kang J, Falvo MJ, Faigenbaum AD. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2006 Dec 13;3:12-8.

Dietary protein for athletes: From requirements to optimum adaptation. Phillips SM, Van Loon LJ. J Sports Sci. 2011;29 Suppl 1:S29-38.
In Conclusion
Many trainers recommend that bodybuilders eat 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight per day

This statement is both true and false because a body builder can eat this much of protein - however their body will only b a certain amount
Side Effects are:
High Cholesterol
Heart Disease
Possible Bone Loss
Kidney Disease

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Body Builders & Protein What is Body Building?A Day in the Life of A Body BuilderBodybuilding is the pursuit of a muscular physique though a regime of weight training and a tailored program of nutrition.