Nordic diet of foods such as whole-grain cereals, fish, onions, root
vegetables, fruits and berries lowers cholesterol levels and the risk of
cardiovascular disease, finds new research.The subjects who ate a Nordic diet had lower levels of harmful LDL
cholesterol and higher levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. The amount of
harmful fat particles in the blood also declined, says Lieselotte
Cloetens, a biomedical nutrition researcher at Lund University.The
'healthy Nordic diet' used in the study contains local produce such as
berries, root vegetables, legumes, and cabbage. Nuts, game, poultry and
fish are also included, as well as whole grains, rapeseed oil and
low-fat dairy products. The rest of the group ate butter instead of
rapeseed oil, less berries and vegetables, and had no rules on red meat
or white bread intake.The researchers now want to focus on the diet's
ability to maintain weight loss in a new study, according to Lieselotte
Cloetens, who points out that the problem with most diets is maintaining
the results. Source:Lund University
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