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Nutritionists work out what Lara Croft, Sonic and Link’s diets would be like in real life and they might surprise you – The Sun

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EVER wondered what effect Marios mushroom diet is having on his health?

Wonder no more.

Fitness app Lifesum has partnered with theoretical physicist Dr. Matt Caplan to analyse the exercise and dietary habits of iconic video game characters.

Theyve done dietary assessments, fitness analyses and calorific calculations for household names like Mario, Sonic, and LaraCroft.

Turns out that Mario is clinically obese, Master Chief would need to eat more than a full adult males daily intake for each hour of intense combat and Zeldas Link would have to chow down on a fairy corpse every half-hour to sustain his calorie expenditure.

Heres a breakdown of your favourite characters.

First up is Sonic.

The Blue Blur has long been famous for running at the speed of sound(around 770 mph).

If Sonics metabolism is anything like that of a human, who burns roughly 150 calories per mile run, then he could burn 33 lbs (15kg) in an hour, Dr Matt explains.

1991, Sega

23.98 million copies

100cm (33)

35kg (77.2 Ibs)

Body Mass Index: 35

Core diet: Chili dogs (296 kcal/ dog)

Key activity: Running (for humans, 150 kcal/mile)

This means that Sonic can eat as many chilli dogs (his favourite food 296 calories per dog), as he wants with a clear conscience.

Hes known for munching 300 in one sitting, according to a comic book he features in equalling about 88,800 calories.

This would take an average human 500 hours of medium-pace walking to burn however, despite his BMI indicating that his metabolism is considerably worse than that of an average human, Sonic naturally moves considerably faster than a medium-pace walk.

Next, its Crash Bandicoot.

According to the nutrition experts, Crash, a large, upright bandicoot (typically a small-to-medium-sized marsupial native to parts of Australasia) has a healthy Body Mass Index of 21.1.

In his attempt to rescue his girlfriend Tawna (who is reportedly based on Pamela Anderson) from Doctor Cortexs experiments, he collects wumpa fruit.

Wumpa fruit is similar to apples(95 calories in an average size), which helps explain Crashs healthy BMI.

1996, Naughty Dog/Sony

6.8 million copies

146cm (48)

45 kg (99.2 lbs)

Body mass index: 21.1

Core diet: Wumpa fruit (95 kcal/fruit)

Key activity: Somersaults (463 kcal/hour)

This combined with Crashs spinning, somersaulting and jumping makes his calorie-burning akin to that of gymnastics, which Lifesums data shows burns 463 kcal/hour.

His well-developed upper torso suggests he might be adding some high-protein insects to his diet too.

Toadstool loving Mario isnt faring quite so well.

Youd think that munching mushrooms all day would make you thin as a rake.

But its not the case for the Italian legend.

The plumber has an unhealthy Body Mass Index of 39.5.

That said, considering he only consumes one primary food-type, mushrooms, his diet is relatively nutritious.

The common mushroom is a good source of both Vitamin B and essential minerals such as copper and potassium according to Lifesums nutritionists.

1985, Nintendo

47.58 million copies

155cm (51)

95kg (209 lbs)

Body Mass Index: 39.5

Core diet: Mushrooms (25 kcal/100g)

Key activity: Running (752 kcal/hour), Swimming (742 kcal/hour), Jumping (618 kcal/hour)

American ethnobotanist Terrence McKenna went as far as to say that mushrooms were a crucial component of human evolution.

Marios tireless running, swimming, and constant jumping over nefarious turtles and Venus fly traps on his journey from the Super Mario Bros. start point to the final castle is an excellent exercise routine.

During a quick playthrough, he runs 3.4 miles in around 17 minutes at a 5.5mph pace (burning 213 kcal); swims at high intensity for another 3 minutes (37 kcal), and jumps throughout (206 kcal). He would burn 456 kcal in one playthrough, which in mushroom terms equates to burning off about 150 large fungi.

What about lusty game fans favourite, Lara Croft?

The tomb raider is actually borderline unhealthy too, as she is under the recommended BMI for women.

1996, Core Design/Eidos

7.5 million copies

175 cm (57)

52kg (114.6 Ibs)

Body Mass Index: 17

Core diet: Venison (116 kcal/100g)

Key activity: Climbing (668 kcal/hour)

1996, Core Design/Eidos

7.5 million copies

175 cm (57)

52kg (114.6 Ibs)

Body Mass Index: 17

Core diet: Venison (116 kcal/100g)

Key activity: Climbing (668 kcal/hour)

Known for hunting and eating deer, she could live for at least a month on the venisonof one doe.

In search of forgotten artefacts and lost sites, Lara can be found climbing mountains, traversing ruins, and scaling crumbling towers.

Lifesums experts endorse climbing as an excellent exercise for the entire body, helping burn 668 calories an hour.

When Angelina Jolie starred in the 2001 movie version of Tomb Raider, she went through an intense 10-week programme to achieve the same fitness levels as Croft.

The programme included ballet, diving, kickboxing and a multitude of fighting drills, with a diet of lean proteins and steamed vegetables.

Comparing Lara from the video games and Angelina Jolie, the former has a healthier BMI of 20.7, in contrast to Laras 17.6, which is considered underweight.

Then theres Link, from Legend of Zelda.

1987, Nintendo

6.51 million copies

161.5 cm (53)

70kg (154.3 Ibs)

Body Mass Index: 29.9

Core diet: Fairies (360 kcal/fairy)

Key activity: Fencing with & throwing the Master Sword (433 kcal/hour)

His morbid diet of tiny, winged creatures is probably not particularly nutritious.

Academic James Cole calculated that a whole, full-sized human cadaver would yield 81,500 calories.

Working with the measurements of the average garden-variety Disney fairy (12cm tall, equating to one fifth of a human arm: 1,800 calories, according to Cole), each winged creature consumed supplies Link with 360 calories.

Unfortunately (should you be Link, or have a taste for fairies), human flesh has little nutritional value when compared to that of animals.

Its surprising that Link sustains such a high-intensity routine for his entire quest; his swordplay alone burns 433 calories an hour, which requires ingesting 1.2 fairies every sixty minutes.

Other characters includeJohn-117, known as Master Chief, with a BMI of over 30 and Street Fighter IIs Chun Li.

You can check out other characters in the Lifesum blog.

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