Table II.

Food items in the Okinawan-based Nordic diet.

Food groups	Food types
Beverages/liquids	Recommended free amount of tap water or mineral water with the meals. Light products to be avoided. Tea, filtered coffee, or instant coffee. Maximal intake of alcoholic beverages was set to 30 g ethanol/week.
Dairy products	Low-fat drinking milk (maximum 1.5% fat), filmjölk (a Swedish fermented product similar to yogurt) and low-fat yogurt (1.5% fat), hard cheese (17% fat), parmesan cheese, cottage cheese, and quark. Whipped cream (36% fat) and soy cream used for cooking, and Turkish yogurt (10% fat).
Egg	Eggs were used for cooking and as snacks.
Fat and oil	Vegetable oil including rapeseed oil, sesame oil, and olive oil for cooking and dressing. Vegetable fat spread (60% fat) for bread.
Fruits and berries	Apple, orange, pear, strawberry, blueberry, lingonberry, dried apricots, and prunes. Coco nut milk was used for cooking.
Legumes	Fresh; green peas, sweet peas, and soybean. Dried; white and black beans, kidney beans, and lentils.
Nuts and seeds	Walnuts, almonds, and cashews. Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, linseed, and sesame seed, as part of snacks served with fruits and berries.
Rice and cereals	Whole-grain rice and black Thai rice. A maximum of half a dl of uncooked rice per serving. Rolled oats, rye flakes, whole-grain whole-kernel rye, oat, barley, and wheat. Bread rich in whole-grain, a maximum of two slices per day. Whole-grain pasta, bean paste, millet, oat bran, quinoa, and rye flour.
Root vegetables	Hot or cold. Red or yellow carrots as snacks or incorporated in the dish. Parsnips, parsley root, rutabaga, celery root, beetroot, artichoke, or sweet potatoes as part of the dishes. Shredded in potatoes burger, fried raw.
Vegetables	Onion, leek, garlic, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, squash, eggplant, fennel, spinach, various types of salad, tomato, pepper, cucumber, mushroom, and asparagus.
Fish and seafood	Salmon, codfish, plaice, mackerel, herring, and prawns.
Meat products and poultry	Chicken, rooster, turkey, game meat (hart and deer), and ground beef.
Spices	Own preference with restrictions on salt.
Sweets and deserts	Homemade dark chocolate (>70%), bean truffles, coconut flakes, ginger, and prune cake. No refined sugar or sweetener was used, but instead natural sweet foods like prunes, pears, and occasionally honey.