10 Athlete Epicures Slideshow

Last June, MindBodyGreen did a Q&A with the Olympic medalist titled: "Olympic Gold Medal Winning Foodie." Turns out that beyond her typical breakfast of Irish oatmeal with berries and coconut oil, Coughlin treats herself to salads, 90% of which are made from ingredients that come from her own garden. Her passion for food started in college at Berkeley, "I was exposed to so many healthy and delicious ethnic foods and from then on I was hooked. I fell in love with great produce and great vegetables, and I've had some sort of a garden ever since. In my first apartment I even had a tiny herb garden."

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