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The Components of the New Nordic Diet
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on April 18, 2014 (go to class or lectures)
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lakes, diabetes, livestock, seaweed, brain, plant, parsley, graze, countryside, environment, identity, selenium, cardiovascular, fatty, protein, 600, diet, overlooked, safety, fatty, toxic, mushrooms, legumes, sustainability, meat, iodine
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why there is a need for a Nordic Diet
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many diseases today are          related
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concern for the                        and the planet's health calls for an update for the food culture in many countries
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goals are to improve:
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health
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gastronomic potential
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Nordic identity
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principles
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1. more calories from            foods and fewer from meat
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over the past 50 years, consumption of          has almost doubled
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meat is less environmentally friendly than plants to produce
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more herbs, nuts, potatoes, grains, fruits, vegetables
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2. more foods from the sea and           
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a large portion of the Nordic fishing catch is currently exported
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Nordic countries have a vast amount of               , a source of nutrition largely overlooked in the Western world
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             issues: some species of seaweed have a high amount of iodine
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freshwater and sea foods has increases the variety in meals
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can serve as a high                diet replacing a large amount of meat
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3. more foods from the wild                       
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Scandinavia has high access to these foods
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collected by individual for free
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plants, mushrooms, berries
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potential systematic gathering and distribution
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foods from the wild countryside differ from country to country and can be part of the                  of regional cuisine
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dietary components
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1. fruits and vegetables
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average intake is 400 grams per day
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recommended is        grams per day
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reduces change of                              disease, obesity, certain cancers
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Nordic ingredients
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berries
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cabbages
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root vegetables
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fresh herbs
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dill,               , chives
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2. potatoes
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consumption of potatoes has fallen in Nordic countries to rise and pasta
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dietary fiber
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vitamins
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minerals
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one of the foods with the least negative environmental impact
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3. plants and                    from the wild countryside
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at present the Danish population eats practically no plants and mushrooms from the wild countryside
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New Nordic Diet: 5g/day of wild plants
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some are            so concern should be taken
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4. whole grain
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significant inverse association between intake of whole grain and risk of:
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cardiovascular disease
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type 2                 
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cancer
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weight gain and obesity
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Danish population currently intakes less than half of recommended levels
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5. nuts
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associated with reduction of cardiovascular disease
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have a lot of flavor and can be used as an alternative to sweets
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they make salads, cereals and bread more appetizing
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recommended: 30g/day
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currently Danish population intakes only 1g/day
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6. fish and shellfish
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           fish have a high amount of n-3 fatty acids
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shown to improve child            development
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helpl prevent cardiovascular disease in adults
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high content of vitamins and minerals
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vitamin D
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iodine
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7. seaweed
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an                      source of nutrition in the Western world
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the intake in the Danish population is close to zero
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although it was historically part of the poor man's diet all along the Nordic coastline
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high content of:
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minerals
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protein
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dietary fiber
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           acids
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the composition of seaweed varies greatly from species to species
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there is a risk in some species of a relatively high amount of             
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the majority of seaweed in the Nordic region is edible and non-toxic
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recommendation is set at 5g per day because of the high iodine content
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8. meat
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free range                    and game
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meat among the least environmentally friendly foods
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the goal of the New Nordic Diet is to decrease the intake of meat and replace it with more environmentally-friendly protein sources such as
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fish, shellfish,               , nuts
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focuses on meat from free range animals for sustainability and potentially also for health
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studies show that meat from animals that            hae a healthier acid composition with less saturated fat and more polyunsaturated than animals raised indoors without access to grass

Vocabulary:

silage, n. fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to ruminants, or cud-chewing animals such as cattle and sheep ⇒ "Beans and lentils can often be used to make silage for livestock."
legume, n. a plant grown agriculturally, primarily for their food grain seed (e.g. beans or lentils) and for livestock forage and silage, well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, peas, beans, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, soybeans, and peanuts ⇒ "Legumes are among the best protein sources in the plant kingdom."
selenium, n. a chemical element with symbol Se and atomic number 34, discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, dietary selenium comes from nuts, cereals, meat, mushrooms, fish, and eggs ⇒ "Fish and shellfish are a good source of vitamin D, iodine, and selenium."
fatty acid, n. a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic tail, which is either saturated or unsaturated, the most widely distributed fatty acid is oleic acid, which is abundant in some vegetable oils (e.g., olive, palm, peanut, and sunflower seed) and which makes up about 46 percent of human fat, mono-unsaturated fats are the good fats, e.g. olive oil and canola oil, fats to steer clear of are the saturated fats such as partially hydrogenated vegetable oils ⇒ "Fatty acids that have double bonds come in two forms: trans and cis."
oleic acid, n. [oh-LAY-ik] a fatty acid that occurs naturally in various animal and vegetable fats and oils ⇒ "Oleic acid is emitted by the decaying corpses of a number of insects, including bees and triggers the instincts of living workers to remove the dead bodies from the hive."
carboxylic acid, n. [kar-BOX-il-ik] carboxylic acids are a group of important organic chemicals, e.g. vinegar contains ethanoic acid, which is a carboxylic acid ⇒ "A fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic tail."
aliphatic, adj. aliphatic compounds are those in which the protein side chain contains only carbon or hydrogen atoms, aliphatic compounds can be saturated, like hexane, or unsaturated, like hexene ⇒ "A fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic tail."

Spelling Corrections:

Scandanavia ⇒ Scandinavia
parsely ⇒ parsley
The Components of the New Nordic Diet