Dana Vollmer, Olympic athletes competing in the games in London is actually one of several gluten-free athletes. She was fastest in the women's 100-meter butterfly semi-finals and thus advanced to the finals.
Vollmer, who's the reigning world champion in this event, broke Inge de Bruijn's 12-year-old Olympic record with a time of 56.36.
Dana Vollmer is the favorite to win the gold in this event. She discovered she had gluten sensitivity and an egg intolerance in 2011 after years of stomach aches.
She has since switched her diet to gluten-free products and saying that by doing so have improved her swimming performance.
The latest news is that she had won the gold medal in 100-meter butterfly in Olympic and along the way breaks the world record.
So what has propelled her to new height, after all when going on a gluten-free diet, she's missing all the carbs in pastas and eggs? She responded to this in her twitter by saying that she had replaced her normal diet (before she discovered she has gluten sensitivity) to that of rice, almonds, sunflower seeds, crushed peanuts, peanut butter, milk and bananas.
In an interview with KidsHealth, she said she also eats a great deal of Quinoa, lean meat, vegetables and brown rice.
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