The new Nordic diet – from gastronomy to health

The New Nordic Diet is a new food culture developed between 2009 and 2013 with an emphasis on gastronomy, health and the environment. The OPUS center at the University of Copenhagen and the people behind the award-winning Noma restaurant in Copenhagen have carried out important research into its effects on acceptability, behavior and learning skills, and disease prevention. This course will give participants the opportunity to try a new healthy and tasty diet and a new eating concept “The New Nordic Diet”, as well as understand how foods and diets can affect physical and mental health and provide the basis for a healthier lifestyle for future generations, with a regionally based diet and food culture.

In Denmark, “Nordic cuisine” has expanded from the food eaten at Copenhagen’s award-winning Noma restaurant to home-cooked dishes using local ingredients such as pumpernickel bread, root vegetables, berries, fresh fish and seaweed. This course is also part of the EIT Health Program