Mr. Kuykendall
Period C
April 19, 2015
Sweden is the first Western country to reject the low fat diet and adopt the low carb high fat diet instead. Sweden is the 9th healthiest country in the world, with the United States as the 33rd healthiest. Swedes stick to a pretty healthy regular diet, with fish being an integral part of their diet. Although Sweden is very healthy, fast food restaurants are spreading across the country. Sweden is no United States, but the business is definitely growing. Sweden's more popular fast food restaurant is called Max, which is the equivalent to McDonald's.
Swedes tend to eat multiple smaller meals throughout the day rather than your average three decent sized meals per day. This helps boost metabolism. As I have mentioned before, the Swedes love their sweets. Dessert is a very important part of their diet and is often had multiple times a day. This does not affect their health too much, as they are an extremely active population.
Knäckebröd (crispbread)
http://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2013/10/20/sweden-gets-is-right/
http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/sweden-becomes-first-western-nation-to-reject-low-fat-diet-dogma-in-favor-of-low-carb-high-fat-nutrition/
http://www.tryswedish.com/en/eat-like-a-swede/
Maybe we should try to adapt a more Swedish-style diet? Since it's pretty high ranking in the list of healthiest countries, what they're doing must work for them. Let's hope they stay healthy and don't let the fast food industry take over like it has here.
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