Autumn has arrived for a few days, but the temperature outside is still high, often exceeding 30 degrees, and promises to remain so for some time. During this period, in addition to seasonal vegetables and fruits, meat remains an indispensable food on the table for many of us – it is very easily prepared at home, and if you have dinner in the city, in a restaurant, most of the dishes on the menu contain meat.

But what kind of meat is better to eat when it’s hot outside? We try to find the right answers with Ligia Alexandrescu, consultant in sports nutrition, nutrition education and nutrition communication.

Chicken meat contains tryptophan – an amino acid that gives us a feeling of satiety and peace.

When it’s hot outside, it’s good to eat lighter meat, says the nutritionist: “We know well that the sun causes a fuss, so we need a type of meat that contains tryptophan, an amino acid that gives us peace. , and satiety, and peace. And this is poultry. If we have the opportunity to eat corn-raised chicken, that’s perfect. We can do it especially at home because we can’t do it in a restaurant.”

Lihiia Alexandrescu, nutritionist / Photo: Agerpres

You should also know that it is not necessarily the breast, but the chicken thigh that brings a large amount of tryptophan.

When we buy commercial chicken and do not have a source of domestic chicken, it is ideal to choose corn-raised chicken, which on the package says that it was raised in 55 or 58 days: “It is a fact, the chicken grows fast with feed that at one time also contained the hormone estrogen, but in the meantime it turned out that everything has changed a little for the better – but it is the leavening agents that make them grow very quickly. Previously, the chicken was raised from March-April, when it hatched, until October, when it barely weighed one and a half kilograms. Now they grow even in a few days, and in 2-3 weeks we find a chicken of 4-5 kilograms grown in a month, which is not natural. It is clear that there are some added growth stimulants,” says Ligia Alexandrescu.

We can eat the roasted leg with beet salad, red cabbage salad, green salad and of course summer salad. “It is also good to eat carbohydrates – 30-40 grams of bread in the form of croutons or in the form of a slice or spoon – two of whole grain rice, so that we have all food groups. “, is the advice of a nutritionist.

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And pork is recommended, if you stop at cutlet and tenderloin

But if we talk about meat, then thighs and breast of poultry are recommended, as well as fatty fish, which helps us to be protected during our stay in the sun, – explains Ligia Alexandrescu.

Although fish meat has long been considered the healthiest, fish can still contain mercury, heavy metals and traces of plastic because it is fed from polluted water. However, Ligia Alexandrescu teaches us a trick: “The smaller the fish, the better, the healthier it is. It would be good to choose not shark and tuna, but fish that are at the beginning of the food chain, that is, bream, sea bass, trout – small white and freshwater fish, if possible. Of course, we are talking about caught trout. But at least it’s a white fish, a light fish. Of course, Danube catfish is also very good. You can’t charge the saddle with hormones, because it dies.”

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As for pork, which is very tasty and loved by many of us, it is also a recommended solution during this period, but we must be careful how much pork gets to our plate: “And pork, although heavier and rich in fat, is recommended during this period . We are talking about pork tenderloin and pork chop, which do not contain much fat, which are very suitable for consumption in the warm season.”

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