Forget the Mediterranean diet, my ‘Nordic diet’ is the easiest way to get slim this winter. Here’s how you can lose 7lb in just a month – and protect your heart and gut while lowering your cholesterol

As the evenings draw in and the air begins to chill, our natural instinct is to eat food that comforts us and fills us up. But that doesn’t have to mean stodgy carbs or ultra-convenient UPF. Far from it.

I’m from Denmark, and here in the Nordic countries we’ve been eating in much the same way for generations. Ours is a diet based on the produce and plants of the northern hemisphere: whole grains, root and green vegetables, fatty fish, poultry and wild game, berries and herbs.

Today scientists are discovering that this traditional way of eating brings many of the same

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