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Frisco's Zito gets food from aerospace physiologist?

Friday, March 23, 2007

Giants pitcher Barry Zito leaves nothing to chance in his preparation, and that includes his diet. In November, the Giants' ace started on a nutrition program formulated by Precision Food Works, a Manhattan Beach company founded by former NASA consultant Chris Talley, according to the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS.

Every other day this spring, Zito arrives at Scottsdale Stadium to find a large cardboard box at his locker. It says "refrigerate upon opening" in large block letters under the next-day air label.

Inside are frozen, vacuum-sealed containers of everything from blackberry custard to spinach flour pasta to mandarin danish toast. Every ingredient of every preservative-free dish is weighed to the gram. The meals contain a balance of vitamins, nutrients, fat, protein and carbohydrates customized to Zito's specific body chemistry.