2015 - Eat Like a Viking! (Sorry, Cavepeople, time to eat Red.)
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Viking diet! just what I need!0
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emily_stew wrote: »Here's a thought, and bear with me here...
Vikings came from Scandinavia
Sweden is a Scandinavian country
IKEA is a Swedish store
IKEA has food
Therefore the food from IKEA is part of the so called Viking Diet.
Bring on the meatballs, hot dogs, ice cream and lingonberry jam!
Off to pillage the nearest IKEA. In a Volvo.
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FromHereOnOut wrote: »Sid_Sullen wrote: »FromHereOnOut wrote: »Congealed blood and soured fish?
And don't forget frequent workouts on Fjordictrack ellipticals and treadmills!
Not bludgeoning your enemy to death with a hammer and jumping rope with their innards? Well, there goes today's workout. Hmph.
There's always the more PC modern day equivalent:
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FromHereOnOut wrote: »Sid_Sullen wrote: »FromHereOnOut wrote: »Congealed blood and soured fish?
And don't forget frequent workouts on Fjordictrack ellipticals and treadmills!
Not bludgeoning your enemy to death with a hammer and jumping rope with their innards? Well, there goes today's workout. Hmph.
There's always the more PC modern day equivalent:
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »Eating like a viking wasn't exactly the fantasy I had in mind.
That is one of the funniest things I ever read here...and I actually did LOL. Then I wondered if your fantasy included a hat. Don't tell me! It's more fun to guess.
Ahhhh isn't a hat like an article of clothing? Snicker0 -
Techno Viking Tested - Techno Viking Approved
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lemurcat12 wrote: »BodyScience wrote: »The Nordic Diet?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Nordic-Diet-Organic-Lifestyle/dp/1616081899
I took nutrition years ago in college. The instructor took us to the grocery store to learn how to read labels and spot false "healthy" foods. She recommended shopping the outside perimeter of the store, as most foods in the aisles are processed. This diet follows the same idea I think. It's just more convenient buying from the grocery store vs shooting your dinner in the wild.
"The Nordic Diet is all about eating locally sourced seasonal ingredients in a balanced diet of protein, carbohydrates, and beneficial fats. The traditional diet of Northern Europe emphasizes quality homemade and homegrown food—with an attempt at moving away from processed foods—and consists of a wide variety of grains, berries, vegetables, fish, poultry, and game meats." Amazon.com
Pretty sure Vikings wouldn't limit themselves to the perimeter. What kind of good pillager would?!
While this is all fairly tongue in cheek, the perimeter seems a good place to stay for a vikinger. lol
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikfood.html
It's all just a rehash of limiting heavily processed refined carbs in convenience foods.
One could just as easily do a "eat like your ancestors a couple of generations ago" diet. ha0 -
Lissa_Kaye wrote: »Techno Viking Tested - Techno Viking Approved
Ok he's just scary... and I don't think it's a "diet" he's on... kidding aside made the acquaintances with two Scandinavian's working here this past summer, they were absolutely amazed at our diet. They could not get over the amount of food that restaurants would bring to the table. There were other things but that is what I remember the most, they were stunned by the amount, and they felt it had a lot of fat.
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Haha this thread is so funny!0
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »BodyScience wrote: »The Nordic Diet?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Nordic-Diet-Organic-Lifestyle/dp/1616081899
I took nutrition years ago in college. The instructor took us to the grocery store to learn how to read labels and spot false "healthy" foods. She recommended shopping the outside perimeter of the store, as most foods in the aisles are processed. This diet follows the same idea I think. It's just more convenient buying from the grocery store vs shooting your dinner in the wild.
"The Nordic Diet is all about eating locally sourced seasonal ingredients in a balanced diet of protein, carbohydrates, and beneficial fats. The traditional diet of Northern Europe emphasizes quality homemade and homegrown food—with an attempt at moving away from processed foods—and consists of a wide variety of grains, berries, vegetables, fish, poultry, and game meats." Amazon.com
Pretty sure Vikings wouldn't limit themselves to the perimeter. What kind of good pillager would?!
While this is all fairly tongue in cheek, the perimeter seems a good place to stay for a vikinger. lol
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikfood.html
It's all just a rehash of limiting heavily processed refined carbs in convenience foods.
One could just as easily do a "eat like your ancestors a couple of generations ago" diet. ha
I was being tongue in cheek, yes.
My ancestors (far enough back, some of them, anyway) are more likely to have eaten like Vikings than followed the Med Diet, though, I suppose. I just think dressing a diet up in the garb of your favorite historical group is funny, and explaining it with reference to the supermarket is even more so.
Kind of reminds me of years ago when a friend of mine was annoyed that someone else she knew was having a "Medieval" wedding and the guests were supposed to go in costume. My friend wanted to go as "plague victim," but figured it would not be appreciated.0 -
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Lissa_Kaye wrote: »Techno Viking Tested - Techno Viking Approved
Ok he's just scary... and I don't think it's a "diet" he's on... kidding aside made the acquaintances with two Scandinavian's working here this past summer, they were absolutely amazed at our diet. They could not get over the amount of food that restaurants would bring to the table. There were other things but that is what I remember the most, they were stunned by the amount, and they felt it had a lot of fat.
I think most of the rest of the world is. I had a roommate from Ireland. She told me a story about how she got off the plane in New York and she was starving, so she ordered two sandwiches at a place in the airport. To her, a sandwich was two pieces of bread, not thickly-sliced, but like any bread one might find pre-packaged and sliced at the store; and a couple of slices of chicken.
She said the man handed her these two GIGANTIC monsters on big fat buns and she was like, "I can't eat this!" She was floored.
This was more than 25 years ago. Since then I'm sure our portions have gotten even bigger. At least based on my recollection of restaurant or deli portions 25 or more years ago.
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I watched an old Jimmy Stewart movie not long ago. He and a buddy stopped for lunch at a roadside stand. The lunch consisted of two hard boiled eggs and (I think) a lemonade.
Our portion size expectations have certainly changed over the decades....0 -
We are now supposed to "Eat Red" - like the vikings did. I guess this is similar to the Mediterranean stuff. Some magazine person lost weight eating like a Viking, which includes berries (yum), canola oil and root veggies.
I wouldn't have thought a viking would be eating canola oil Perhaps animal fat...
But I get the drift and I am not anti- paleo or viking...in the past few months I have developed an attitude of do what is going to work for you longterm whether its CICO, weight loss surgery, shakes, paleo, primal blueprint, LCHF, WW etc.
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I watched an old Jimmy Stewart movie not long ago. He and a buddy stopped for lunch at a roadside stand. The lunch consisted of two hard boiled eggs and (I think) a lemonade.
Our portion size expectations have certainly changed over the decades....
Heck yeah. You may not be an oldie like me, but I remember that a Burger King small fry (we had BK maybe once every two months or so) was SMALL. It was a little palmful of fries. And my dad, who was 5'11" and extremely active (even hyper), would get a burger and a small fry...he couldn't even imagine eating the Whopper; he and my mom used to laugh about the Whoppers. They always said those things must only be eaten by lumberjacks.
God I feel old saying that. I promise I'm not about to wax nostalgic about how I used to walk eleven miles to school each way in three feet of snow, killing a bear with my bare hands along the way as my family couldn't afford the school lunch.
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I live in an area that draws international tourists...and domestic tourists...and pet tourists...our economy is based on tourism, lol. Foreigners comment on the portion sizes in America and attribute our fatness to them. They're not entirely wrong!Lissa_Kaye wrote: »Techno Viking Tested - Techno Viking Approved
Ok he's just scary... and I don't think it's a "diet" he's on... kidding aside made the acquaintances with two Scandinavian's working here this past summer, they were absolutely amazed at our diet. They could not get over the amount of food that restaurants would bring to the table. There were other things but that is what I remember the most, they were stunned by the amount, and they felt it had a lot of fat.
I think most of the rest of the world is. I had a roommate from Ireland. She told me a story about how she got off the plane in New York and she was starving, so she ordered two sandwiches at a place in the airport. To her, a sandwich was two pieces of bread, not thickly-sliced, but like any bread one might find pre-packaged and sliced at the store; and a couple of slices of chicken.
She said the man handed her these two GIGANTIC monsters on big fat buns and she was like, "I can't eat this!" She was floored.
This was more than 25 years ago. Since then I'm sure our portions have gotten even bigger. At least based on my recollection of restaurant or deli portions 25 or more years ago.
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I think the large portions began with the advent of "casual dining". They'd lure customers with their whimsical decor ("Oh look honey, there's an old canoe hanging from the ceiling! How unique!" Oooooooo
), then gouge a bit on the price...but it was all forgiven because when the meal came, along with your sandwich/burger/chicken fingers was a truckload of french fries that made you feel better about the price.
Of course a viking would take one look at the place, flip over the table and shout "Bring me your largest oxen on a platter!... and hold the fries"0 -
FromHereOnOut wrote: »!... and hold the fries"
"...unless it's fried in canola. then it's okay. Arrrggh-gggrrrrrr!"
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I remembered their other comments, this being their first time in the states they also thought it was odd that all the food was brought to the table at the same time. This also may have been due to the restaurants here they were going to. Once I started to think about that, I saw correlations in that as well. I still think this is trying to capitalize on some study or non medical insight that by eating as a Viking you will lose weight. If you look at the Vikings, wasn't it 1200 AD they started to fade as a domineering force? Without getting into the timeframes, and a major history lesson it was feast or famine for them, and they were also a very work orientated society looking for land to farm etc. So essentially CICO, now go swing those swords people.Lissa_Kaye wrote: »Techno Viking Tested - Techno Viking Approved
Ok he's just scary... and I don't think it's a "diet" he's on... kidding aside made the acquaintances with two Scandinavian's working here this past summer, they were absolutely amazed at our diet. They could not get over the amount of food that restaurants would bring to the table. There were other things but that is what I remember the most, they were stunned by the amount, and they felt it had a lot of fat.
I think most of the rest of the world is. I had a roommate from Ireland. She told me a story about how she got off the plane in New York and she was starving, so she ordered two sandwiches at a place in the airport. To her, a sandwich was two pieces of bread, not thickly-sliced, but like any bread one might find pre-packaged and sliced at the store; and a couple of slices of chicken.
She said the man handed her these two GIGANTIC monsters on big fat buns and she was like, "I can't eat this!" She was floored.
This was more than 25 years ago. Since then I'm sure our portions have gotten even bigger. At least based on my recollection of restaurant or deli portions 25 or more years ago.
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I'm pretty sure I just laughed a pound off. Here in Canada it would be bring me your biggest moose lol.0
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