McBolt!

I smell a sponsorship deal in the making. Today, I recently read a post on another blog about how the 2008 Olympic gold medalist/world record holder in both the 100m and 200m events, Usain Bolt, fueled up on McNuggets prior to the race. Hey, if you can run a 9.69 on McNuggets, just imagine the advertising possibilities. Me? I probably couldn't run a 11.69 time for the 100m, nor could I hold down a McTasty in the process. Eitherway, don't be surprised to see athletes secretly indulging on some tasty chicken nuggets prior to their respective sporting evens.

I am not a sport's nutritionist, but I would surmise that there were probably several better choice of pre-race food. The tasty combination of saturated fat, low quality protein, and whatever else constitutes a McNugget probably wouldn't help him run faster.

Since my curiosity prevailed, I had to find out what chicken McNuggets are actually made of. Here is info from Wikipedia... You will see that there is clearly something wrong with their facts. For starters, there's no way in hell that 10 chicken McNuggets have only 250 total calories!

Chicken McNuggets
McDonald's Chicken McNuggets in older packaging
Serving size	10 pieces (96g)
Calories	250
Calories from fat	130
Total fat	15g (22% of US Dietary Reference Intake)
Saturated fat	3g (16%)
Cholesterol	35mg (12%)
Sodium	670mg (28%)
Total carbohydrate	15g (5%)
Dietary fiber	0g
Sugars	0g
Protein	15g (45%)
Vitamin A	(2%)
Vitamin C	(2%)
Calcium	(2%)
Iron	(4%)
Source	McDonald's
Notes	May vary outside US market. Dietary Reference Intake based on 2000 calorie diet.

Another source of info on these power nuggets suggest the following info:

Chicken McNuggets/Sauces
Menu Item	Calories		Total Fat					Protein (g)
Chicken McNuggets (4 piece)	190		11					10
Chicken McNuggets (6 piece)	290		17					15
Chicken McNuggets (9 piece)	430		25					23

Not sure what is the source of this apparent discrepancy. Either way, this concoction has equal parts protein/fat/carbohydrate by mass. Is this Bolt's secret to success or did his training and incredible genetics prevail despite the nuggets? Will we see the launch of the McBolt in the coming months??? Only time will tell my readers...

Here is the video of the fastest man alive setting the world record both for running the 100m in a record 9.69 seconds and for holding down an unknown quality of McNuggets while doing so...