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Fruits, vegetables, and protein snacks are recommended
  for  in-between  meals.  Sweets  should  be  avoided,  as  you
  will soon feel hungry again.
  Suggested Eating Plans














    Kem has his three main meals daily at 9:30 a.m., 1 p.m.,
  and 7 p.m. He eats predominantly Thai food with lots of
  vegetables  and  likes  papaya  salad.  He  eats  nearly  no
  sweets and drinks a minimum of two quarts of water. It is
  well known that Kem drinks a Pepsi thirty minutes before
  a fight. If the beverage is not available, he won’t compete.
    Saiyok,  on  the  other  hand,  has  only  two  meals  a  day:
  one  at  11  a.m.  and  one  at  8  p.m.  He  eats  predominantly
  Thai  food  and  lots  of  vegetables.  He  accumulates  the
  necessary  amount  of  protein  by  eating  plenty  of   sh  and
  two or three eggs every day. He drinks milk, a little water,
  and  no  alcohol.  He  also  advises  other  athletes  not  to
  smoke.
    Saiyok  and  Kem  use  electrolyte  drinks,  but  they  don’t
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