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Test subject number five, Camille, brings her groceries to the checkout counter: A little bit of fish, some Heinz ketchup, a loaf of Rugbr\u00f8d, a cucumber, a small bag of grains. Camille\u2019s groceries look like your average Danish purchase at the average Danish grocery store. <\/p>\n

However, on the screen at the cashier appears a complex listing of the exact nutritional value of every ounce of food in Camille\u2019s basket.<\/p>\n

The cashier might see that she has bought too many carbohydrates, and ask her to put some potatoes back. Later, Camille will be tested, weighed, prodded and poked to determine just how effective this diet is.<\/p>\n

Exclusively Nordic<\/h2>\n

Her diet is not average \u2014 in fact it is the opposite of what a team of researchers call the Average Danish Diet (ADD) in a new, six-month long study headed by the Faculty of Life Sciences. <\/p>\n

Her diet is the New Nordic Diet (NND), and it\u2019s part of the OPUS project, a study that began last month to determine the health benefits of Nordic ingredients and recipes. <\/p>\n

The project has three objectives: to define Nordic cuisine, to test the health benefits of the cuisine and later, see if this diet will improve the lives of school children. But for now, Danish researchers are concerned with in finding a diet of their own.<\/p>\n

\u00bbHaving one, regionally specific diet, is challenging in a globalized world\u00ab says Thomas Larsen, associate professor in the department of human nutrition. \u00bbBut at least we want to assure Scandinavians that there is a Nordic alternative that is tasty and healthy and that is considerate of nature.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Apples that don\u2019t fall far from the trees<\/h2>\n

Approximately 120 participants of the study will be eating a lot of meals with fish, root vegetables, berries, cabbage, oats, rye and grain. <\/p>\n

Most of the food is organic and produced locally, because it tends to taste better that way, Larsen says. Participants are provided free food by the research project, and given a recipe book with a rigid cycle of meals. <\/p>\n

Larsen says that these kinds of foods are healthy on their own, but that they are best grown and produced in Northern Europe. He says he thinks this diet will do better in terms of weight control and body composition than the control group, which will enjoy the more flexible ADD.<\/p>\n

\u00bbMany Northern Europeans who tried the Mediterranean diet didn\u2019t have access to the same quality of ingredients that southern Europeans did. If the diet doesn\u2019t taste good, forget it!\u00ab Larsen says. <\/p>\n

And it tastes good<\/h2>\n

One of the study\u2019s main researchers is Claus Meyer, who co-owns the famed NOMA restaurant, recently named the best restaurant in the world. Assuredly an expert in Nordic cuisine, Meyers is helping to select the recipes and ingredients that both adhere to the diet and are delicious to eat.<\/p>\n

The study will be finished in approximately five more months, after which, researchers will know for sure whether the NND helps its consumers to lose weight and build a healthy body. <\/p>\n

See the OPUS project\u2019s recipes to conduct your own experiments with Nordic food.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Later, Camille will be tested, weighed, prodded and poked to determine just how effective this diet is.<\/p>\n<h2>Exclusively Nordic<\/h2>\n<p>Her diet is not average \u2014 in fact it is the opposite of what a team of researchers call the Average Danish Diet (ADD) in a new, six-month long study headed by the Faculty of Life Sciences. <\/p>\n<p>Her diet is the New Nordic Diet (NND), and it\u2019s part of the OPUS project, a study that began last month to determine the health benefits of Nordic ingredients and recipes. <\/p>\n<p>The project has three objectives: to define Nordic cuisine, to test the health benefits of the cuisine and later, see if this diet will improve the lives of school children. But for now, Danish researchers are concerned with in finding a diet of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbHaving one, regionally specific diet, is challenging in a globalized world\u00ab says Thomas Larsen, associate professor in the department of human nutrition. \u00bbBut at least we want to assure Scandinavians that there is a Nordic alternative that is tasty and healthy and that is considerate of nature.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Apples that don\u2019t fall far from the trees<\/h2>\n<p>Approximately 120 participants of the study will be eating a lot of meals with fish, root vegetables, berries, cabbage, oats, rye and grain. <\/p>\n<p>Most of the food is organic and produced locally, because it tends to taste better that way, Larsen says. Participants are provided free food by the research project, and given a recipe book with a rigid cycle of meals. <\/p>\n<p>Larsen says that these kinds of foods are healthy on their own, but that they are best grown and produced in Northern Europe. He says he thinks this diet will do better in terms of weight control and body composition than the control group, which will enjoy the more flexible ADD.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbMany Northern Europeans who tried the Mediterranean diet didn\u2019t have access to the same quality of ingredients that southern Europeans did. If the diet doesn\u2019t taste good, forget it!\u00ab Larsen says. <\/p>\n<h2>And it tastes good<\/h2>\n<p>One of the study\u2019s main researchers is Claus Meyer, who co-owns the famed NOMA restaurant, recently named the best restaurant in the world. Assuredly an expert in Nordic cuisine, Meyers is helping to select the recipes and ingredients that both adhere to the diet and are delicious to eat.<\/p>\n<p>The study will be finished in approximately five more months, after which, researchers will know for sure whether the NND helps its consumers to lose weight and build a healthy body. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idegryden.dk\/sider\/english\" target=\"_blank\"> See the OPUS project\u2019s recipes to conduct your own experiments with Nordic food.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>uni-avis@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up<\/a> for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":46,"name":"Science","slug":"science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":830,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11485,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/nordic_cooking.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38269,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21855\/revisions\/38269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}