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You are what you eat? 10 of the strangest sports diets

It’s not all about healthy living, according to this lot.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, wrestler/actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tweeted out his “cheat meals,” which consisted of 12 pancakes, four “double dough” pizzas, and 21 brownies – all in one day.

This might seem like an insane amount of food for one man to eat, but considering The Rock presumably works out all the time, one day of extremely unhealthy eating shouldn’t destroy his body.

In the entire history of sports, though, there have been professional athletes who have won championships and titles while living off of a diet consisting mostly of “cheat meals.”

From an Olympic gold medalist eating McDonald’s for breakfast, lunch, and dinner to a UFC champion drinking his own urine like its coffee, we present to you the strangest eating habits of professional athletes.

You are what you eat? 10 of the strangest sports diets
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  • Babe Ruth thought eating chicken before a game would help him hit better

  • Chad Ochocinco has abided by the McDonald's diet his entire life

  • Lamar Odom can never have enough candy

  • Lyoto Machida drinks his own urine like it's coffee

  • Marshawn Lynch rewards himself with Skittles on the sidelines

  • Ryan Lochte won four medals while eating McDonald's for breakfast, lunch and dinner

  • Tim Lincecum hasn't been the same since he scrapped his In-N-Out Burger diet

  • Wade Boggs thought eating chicken before a game would help him hit better

  • Caron Butler drank Mountain Dew like it was water

  • Michael Phelps eats six times more food than the average human being

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