2015 - Eat Like a Viking! (Sorry, Cavepeople, time to eat Red.)

Kalikel
Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
edited November 9 in Health and Weight Loss
Are you eating like a Viking? You should be, according to the magazines. Erik the Red diets are in. As for paleo, in the words of another famous Norwegian..Let It Go.

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 don't think a hat with horns is required - the article I read didn't mention it - but personally, I think it would be an awesome idea.

I like this Nordic Diet stuff. Much more up my alley than the caveman diet was. I may need a hat soon enough, lol.

If you're Eating Red, please let me know how you like it.

If you're still eating like a caveman, you're behind the times. Catch up and eat like a Viking!

:)

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  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    Can I celebrate Leif Eriksson day? Hinger dinger dinger.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
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  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    I'm a viking, and I eat like one :joy:
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  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    Who knew Vikings had canola oil
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I love beer. Does that count?
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    I would say that the magazines have some terrible anthropologists on staff.

    Then again, I think taking diet advice from some hack writer (I get to say that. I was a hack freelance writer for YEARS) is stupid as hell. Those people write what they're told to write and slant it as they told to slant it by the editors (who are instructed by their advertisers).

    So, yeah... NO.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    vikings had canola oil, really?
  • jenglish712
    jenglish712 Posts: 497 Member
    Great, a new fad diet.


  • JoKnowsJo
    JoKnowsJo Posts: 257 Member
    what another one? I will have to check it out probably more mead, fish?? I love the show Vikings on the History channel is that perhaps why this is coming on?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Eating like a viking wasn't exactly the fantasy I had in mind.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I thought vikings didn't have horns on their helmets
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited January 2015
    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. :)
  • GoneGirl50
    GoneGirl50 Posts: 65 Member
    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
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Do we raid and pillage during or after the meal?
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I thought vikings didn't have horns on their helmets

    They didn't.

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    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?!
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I understand the Vikings were particularly concerned about inflammation, actually. It's going to be featured on Season 3 of that TV show.
  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    Congealed blood and soured fish?
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  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    emily_stew wrote: »
    FromHereOnOut wrote: »
    Congealed blood and soured fish?

    I draw the line at Lutefisk.

    I guess you just won't be healthy in 2015 then. There's always next year. :#
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  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    Do we raid and pillage during or after the meal?

    I hope so! If so, I'm in.

    I call my kids Vikings all the time because their father is Norwegian ancestry. But they eat in a far messier and wolfish way than I can imagine a real Viking would have eaten.

  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    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.
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  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    Sid_Sullen wrote: »
    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.

    Only if they get in my way as I shop around the edges of the grocery store. *nods* true story

    Oh, so that was YOU.

    My intestines still hurt, by the way.
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  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    edited January 2015
    If this is based on the idea that Scandanavian countries have a low percentage of obese people therefore it must be THIS "diet" i can assure you that isn't the case. Everyone is just so gosh darn active and consistently bike riding/walking/hiking/skiing/etc. and we lack a large percentage of prepackaged or processed foods. Nothing like biking 30km a day and then having to cook every single meal from scratch.

    just sayin.
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