The Nutritionist

A healthy and balanced diet is a nutritional model capable of sustaining energy, metabolic health, and longevity over time, even though it's often thought of as a list of "allowed" and "forbidden" foods.

It therefore means bringing variety, quality ingredients, adequate protein, fiber, healthy fats, and intelligent carbohydrate management to the table. Above all, it means stability: avoiding large glycemic fluctuations that, over the long term, can affect inflammation, hunger, and psychophysical performance.

Eating well means building a sustainable balance, day after day, that can be maintained throughout life.

For a long time, mortadella was often overlooked due to the demonization of dietary fats. In reality, today we know that it's always the context that makes the difference, not the individual ingredient.

Mortadella can be part of a healthy diet by choosing high-quality products and including it in nutritionally balanced meals. Today, even mortadella itself provides high-quality proteins, and when combined with a fiber source like vegetables and good whole-wheat bread, it helps regulate glycemic control and improve satiety.

Mortadella is rich in protein and fat, which, despite being saturated, are no longer stigmatized today, as they are naturally present in the product. A meal that includes mortadella, a generous portion of vegetables, and good whole-wheat or mixed-grain bread can be a complete and delicious option if integrated into an excellent weekly protein rotation that allows for a variety of sources of this macronutrient within our meal plan.

Cured meats have been classified in Group 1 of the WHO Risk Categories, however, this does not imply that consuming these foods leads to a causal response.

In fact, the risk categories are based primarily on epidemiological studies that have shown that certain ingredients used in the production of these foods can increase the risk of certain types of cancer.

Furthermore, it is also known that individuals who frequently consume certain foods in this category tend to adopt a less healthy lifestyle than average.

Since mortadella is a cooked cured meat, it can also be eaten by pregnant women and children. We can prepare a tasty snack for our children and grandchildren, such as an excellent mortadella-filled sandwich.

Mathematically, a calorie is a calorie. Biologically, no.

Different foods trigger different hormonal and metabolic responses: they influence satiety, blood sugar, mental energy, and the body's ability to utilize those nutrients. 200 calories from a food rich in protein and micronutrients won't have the same impact as 200 calories rich only in refined sugars.