Nordic diet can lower the risk of heart disease
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Formerly known that a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, fish, and fresh plants are the ideal diet can reduce the risk of heart disease. However, not all regions can apply, especially the south. To that end, the Nordic societies seek an easier alternative.
"Applying the Mediterranean diet is not easy for people in the west, especially with the limited appetite of food and different," said lead researcher Dead Uusitupa of University of Eastern Finland, as reported by the NY Daily News.
The research results obtained after scientists observed 166 obese patients from the Nordic region, namely Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland. Although both groups consumed the same calories, but one group eating more local foods such as berries, roots, seeds, and cabbage.
They also eat fish three times a week, beans, grape seed oil, and wheat. They are not forbidden to eat meat or white bread.
After 24 weeks, the control group showed little change in the bad cholesterol. While in the group that underwent the Nordic diet, cholesterol levels decreased by nine percent, and increase good cholesterol levels.
Participants who underwent the Nordic diet is also known to decrease chemicals which cause inflammation in the blood. The inflammation associated with heart disease and diabetes.
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