What does Donald Trump eat
Political journalist Mike Allen reports the stories of some of Trump's assistants and friends about his eating habits: he is obsessed with his physical appearance but at the same time he does not eat healthy, nor do sports and sleep very little. He drinks Coca Cola Light all day and, as an assistant put it, he has "three staples": Domino's pizza, KFC's fried chicken, and McDonald's food. Another assistant to him assures that since he is president he has changed habits: he still drinks a lot of Coca Cola Light but has decreased the frequency with which he eats fast food.
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A friend is keen to point out that it is true that Trump often eats steak and potatoes, “but he also really likes fish and seafood, such as crabs and shrimps. Things like that. And he eats the salad, for example the Cobb salad "(which in addition to vegetables has bacon, chicken breast, boiled eggs, anchovies and Roquefort cheese).
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said the two once ate together at a luxury Manhattan restaurant. Trump ordered the dishes for both of them directly from the chef as soon as he arrived, without giving Christie a choice: "You'll like them, you'll see," he told him. A few years ago he went with the former Alaska governor Sarah Palin to a pizzeria in Times Square, and had his photograph taken while he ate only the topping with fork and knife, leaving the rest on his plate. Years later he said it was a way of trying to cut calories: "I take the sauce off the pizza, I never eat pasta." Comedian Jon Stewart teased him about that episode by referring to his old campaign for Obama to present his birth certificate, claiming he was born in Africa: "Seeing how you eat pizza, Donald, I want to see your birth certificate. . I don't think you were really born in New York. '
Trump even proposed cutting state dinners, suggesting that "we should eat hamburgers while we work, at conference tables, and we should make better deals with China and others and forget about state dinners." However, a diet like Trump's also carries with it the well-known problems associated with junk food: especially when it concerns the oldest president in the history of the United States. Dietitian Jo Travers told the Guardian that the absence of omega-3s from Trump's diet, at least as we know it, is not good for his brain.
Omega-3 are the fats contained for example in fish: «his body will replace them with other types of fats, which are less fluid, making the work of neurotransmitters more difficult. This is linked to mood disorders ". Then there is the problem of breakfast, which, as is often repeated, is an important meal (even if overrated, after all), and bacon and burnt meat, foods that increase the risk of contracting cancer. Meatloaf and hamburgers, one of Trump's favorite meals, are high in protein but lack carbohydrates and fiber, which are important elements in the diet, Travers explained: immune system and this can lead to infections'. And finally, there is the problem of the fats contained in junk food, which increase the risk of heart problems.
Trump also does not do any kind of sporting activity, apart from a little golf every now and then, and only travels by car: his main activity is always and only work. He also sleeps very little, no more than four hours, as told by a former assistant who received his calls at 1:30 am and then again at 4:30 am. Among all these unhealthy habits there are also some positive ones: he does not smoke, does not drink coffee, nor alcohol, so much so that the only cocktail he drinks is a non-alcoholic version of the Bloody Mary, tomato juice and ice.
