What Is The Nordic Diet?

Sources Medically Reviewed on 12/17/2020 Reviewed by Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD on December 17, 2020
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American Academy of Clinical Chemistry Lab Tests Online: “Triglycerides.”
American Heart Association: “Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids.”
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: “Health effect of the New Nordic Diet in adults with increased waist circumference: a 6-mo randomized controlled trial.”
Annals of Medicine: “Associations of the Baltic Sea diet with obesity-related markers of inflammation.”
British Journal of Nutrition: “Adherence to the Baltic Sea diet consumed in the Nordic countries is associated with lower abdominal obesity.”
BioMed Research International: “Alpha-Linolenic Acid: An Omega-3 Fatty Acid with Neuroprotective Properties—Ready for Use in the Stroke Clinic?”
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice: “The healthy Nordic diet and incidence of Type 2 Diabetes — 10-year follow-up.”
European Journal of Nutrition: “Long-term adherence to the New Nordic Diet and the effects on body weight, anthropometry and blood pressure: a 12-month follow-up study.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “The Nordic diet: Healthy eating with an eco-friendly bent.”
International Journal of Food Science: “Roots and Tuber Crops as Functional Foods: A Review on Phytochemical Constituents and Their Potential Health Benefits.”
JAMA: “Fish Intake, Contaminants, and Human Health. Evaluating the Risks and the Benefits.”
Journal of Ethnic Foods: “Fermented and ripened fish products in the northern European countries.”
Journal of Inflammation: “Effects of exercise on brain and peripheral inflammatory biomarkers induced by total sleep deprivation in rats.”
Journal of Internal Medicine: “Effects of an isocaloric healthy Nordic diet on insulin sensitivity, lipid profile and inflammation markers in metabolic syndrome – a randomized study (SYSDIET),” “Effects of a healthy Nordic diet on cardiovascular risk factors in hypercholesterolaemic subjects: a randomized controlled trial (NORDIET).”
Nordic Council of Ministers: “Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2012,” “The New Nordic Food Manifesto.”
Pennington Biomedical Research Center (LSU): “Anthocyanins.”
University of California Berkley Wellness: “Roots and Tubers: Nature’s Buried Treasures.”
University of Copenhagen: “Report: Basis of the New Nordic Diet.”
World Health Organization: “What national and subnational interventions and policies based on Mediterranean and Nordic diets are recommended or implemented in the WHO European Region, and is there evidence of effectiveness in reducing noncommunicable diseases?”
Reviewed by Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD on December 17, 2020
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