Myles Porter stepped into the dining hall at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Colorado Springs on Tuesday night to grab a quick recovery beverage after a tough practice.

A nice, cold glass of chocolate milk seemed to do the trick for the Paralympic judo athlete.

Adam Korzun, a nutritionist at the OTC, says chocolate milk is one of the best recovery beverages because it contains lactose, simple sugars and protein all in one glass.

Adam tries to make himself seen during all meals here at the OTC, so that athletes can approach him with questions or concerns about their diets and nutrition.

"We try to really focus on what to do, not on what not to do," he said. "We try to break that old-school nutrition mold, where it's like 'don't do that, don't do this.' It's more kind of what to do to optimize your performance."

Adam and two other nutritionists work with the kitchen staff to design a monthly menu that will address each athlete's individual needs.

"The goal was to create a performance-based platform, so that every athlete, regardless of their sport, can come in and make the right choice," Adam said.

According to dining hall attendant Melissa Naleski, the athletes have a lot of input.

 "We've got customer service cards," Melissa said. "When they fill it out, it goes right to our executive chef and changes are made. It's usually things that they're used to at home - maybe certain hours or something they like but they don't see here, maybe a certain type of bread or dish that they like."

The nutritionists also work with camps that come into the OTC, hoping they can make at least one small change in a large group.

"The goal is to start young," Adam said. "If I can get someone that's 13 or 14 to just know what to eat after a practice, that's a start. You have to think about hydration - being adequately hydrated going into a training as well as during a training session."

For some athletes, Adam just has to confirm what they're doing is right or help them tweak tendencies, but other times he is caught making special shakes for those athletes who need to "sneak in an extra 1,000 calories a day" in order to make a weight class.

Such has been the case with Myles in the past.

A couple of years ago, when Myles arrived at the OTC from Ohio, he became conscious of his eating habits.

"When I lived back in Ohio, my eating habits were not good," Myles said. "I worked as a bouncer and I went to school so there was a lot of Taco Bell. There was a lot of McDonald's at night, after work there was still a lot of McDonald's."

Soon enough, though, he was trying to gain the 22 pounds back that he lost at the Pan American Games in Brazil.

He made an appearance on the NBC's "Today" show because he was eating 12,000 calories per day.

"They showed me compared to someone who was trying to maintain their weight," Myles said. "Carissa Gump, in weightlifting, she was eating 1,500 to 2,000 calories. She would have a salad while I was having two cheeseburgers."

In time, Adam helped Myles adjust.

"I had the old spare tire around the waist, which I did not like," Myles said. "I never went to the pool. So, I felt fat. When I started talking to Adam more, because we noticed I was putting on bad weight, I was getting bigger muscle-wise, but I was putting on more fat than we wanted."

Myles began to drink protein shakes full of ingredients such as soy and peanut butter, each loaded with about 4,000 calories. Now remember, this was in addition to his normal solid foods. He was gaining weight, but said "it wasn't good weight."

In the past year and a half, Myles's body fat dropped from 15 percent to 7 percent.

Meanwhile, in Beijing last summer, Adam worked closely with the catering services to meet the athletes' needs. In addition, a lot of athletes came up to him between the biggest events of their lives to see what they should be eating.

Between all of his duties, Adam definitely didn't have any time to sit at a desk.

"Once a day, I jumped on a cargo bicycle with 10 cases of Powerade and biked wherever I needed to be," Adam said. "I did that every single day for the whole six weeks."

"The food in Beijing was awesome," Myles said. "I tried to have the same diet but they had all-you-can-eat Snickers bars, all-you-eat ice cream bars. They were delicious. I had two at dinner. I tried to eat everything on the menu. It was a dare."Even Adam admits the dining hall brings "gifts" once in a while. Melissa said they go a little crazy come Halloween and will break out the coveted chocolate fountain during Christmas time or Valentine's Day.

"Everything has its place," Adam said. "There's nothing you can't eat, you just got to make it part of your plan, part of your training, part of what you're trying to achieve."