What do superheroes eat? Some of their favorite foods aren’t the superheroes’ favorite foods.

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If you are a conditionally healthy person and actively engage in sports, then sometimes you can afford a little something caloric and “harmful”. But it’s important to know what the dish you’re eating is made of.

Lydia Kvashnina

nutritionist

A traditional Mexican tortilla contains cornmeal, water, salt and oil and is fried on a dry skillet. Cornmeal improves digestion, stimulates metabolism, normalizes blood cholesterol levels and cleans blood vessels, and is gluten-free. Also tones the heart and blood vessels, stimulates blood circulation. Provides a mild diuretic effect and normalizes the work of the biliary tract.

However, corn is the leader among genetically modified products. Their effect on the human body is not fully understood, but Mexican farmers despite everything continue to grow corn based on the traditions of their ancestors.

Assuming that Batman eats nachos made from a traditional recipe of traditional corn with traditional guacomole sauce, exercises regularly, and has no gastrointestinal diseases or tendency to form blood clots, let him enjoy his favorite snack. But hopefully in moderation.

Lidia Kvashnina

nutritionist

This is a cold dessert based on frozen juice, tea or other fruit drinks. When making fruit ice, the liquid is frozen around a stick or put into cups, often adding coloring for beauty, sugar or its substitutes for taste, and flavorings for smell.

We can assume that the superhero eats the “right” fruit ice, containing only fruits with a low glycemic index or even berries, and together with fiber, which reduces the glycemic load on the body. Spices or herbs are added for flavor and benefits. Let it be a fruit ice made of cherries with cinnamon, raspberries with tarragon or blueberries with basil. A perfect dessert for a hot day.

Lydia Kvashnina

nutritionist

If the bun is baked from whole-grain flour with the addition of sesame or flax, or even better, without gluten at all, there is nothing wrong with it. A grilled ground beef cutlet is not a bad meat option, although I would limit foods containing glycation protein in the diet. Most often they put cheddar cheese, rich in vitamin K2, in a cheeseburger – it prevents calcium buildup in the arteries and veins, which is not a bad thing. That said, cheese is very caloric.

The worst part is not in the cheeseburger itself, but in the add-ons to it. First, sauces such as ketchup and mayonnaise are sure to contain sugar. Second, pickles and onions are not bad in themselves, but only if they have been pickled in lime or lemon juice or organic apple (raspberry) vinegar. Third, French fries. Frying them in the wrong oil changes their structure and releases a carcinogen. This substance is not eliminated from the body, becoming the cause of inflammation or neoplasms.

Lydia Kvashnina

nutritionist

Most likely we are talking about a pie from The New York Times with plums, cinnamon and cinnamon sugar. Let’s dream that the dough is made with whole wheat flour, or better yet, almond flour, coconut flour, or green banana flour. In reality, the plum has many beneficial properties: it has a lot of antioxidants and dietary fiber, flavonoids and other useful substances. Like cinnamon – it has powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and promotes fat burning. Its very presence will reduce the amount of sugar in the dessert, which is not a bad thing either.

In short, a small piece of plum cake in the first half of the day after the main meal will not hurt. But that’s if you, like the superhero, lead an active lifestyle and spoil yourself with sweets not every day.

Lidia Kvashnina

nutritionist

This is a traditional Italian dish in the form of a round yeast flatbread filled with tomato sauce, cheese and other ingredients: meat, vegetables, mushrooms, etc. Classical dough is made of special flour of durum wheat with high protein content, natural leaven, salt, water and olive oil. And if traditions are not broken, there are no nutritional claims.
However, the top-grade wheat flour that is now common everywhere is dead, that is, without dietary fiber and nutrients, bleached with chemicals, including those containing aluminum.

If the pizza is made the traditional way and the toppings include meat or fish (protein), vegetables and herbs (fiber), sugar-free tomato sauce (lycopene) and mozzarella (from buffalo milk and in brine), it’s a great main course. I wouldn’t recommend eating it every day, but for a change of menu, why not.