What did the Vikings Eat to Make them So Jacked (and Healthy)

Where to start… Their water wasn’t poisoned Their food wasn’t poisoned They got plenty of sunlight They had steady supplies of meat in the form of fish They had plenty of exercise Their living situations depended upon hard physical labor Etc

HERRING, is the secret ingredient. In the north, herring was an important part of our diet. Being a member of the salmon family, herring is fatty and healthy and fairly rich in omega3 etc.

Here in Norway people ate in the early 1900s. Salted fish and meat, rye and barley (porridge), full fat dairy, root veggies, berries. We have traditional foods like jarlsberg cheese (quite high in vitamin k2) definetly try some jarlsberg cheese if you find it. The potato became a regular food item in the 1800s, and alot of our traditioal dishes include white potatoes Now keep in mind the barley is soaked over night, and this type of porridge takes some time to prepare, rumor has it women in Norway who couldnt cook a proper barley porridge, wasnt really seen as wife material.

I am 66% Native Baltic... Vikings ate a lot of smoked fish and eel and Mushrooms . They ate a lot of Herring .

Hitting each other in the head with axes all day didn't help their life span but it did keep them in shape.

One thing that shortened their life expectancy was their propensity to fight.

I am of Scots and Danish back ground. Done Vegan, Keto, Ketovore, Carnivore. When I actually though cut out a lot of meat, eat very much like my Danish ansestors. Eating a high Omega Fish, Egg, Natural Yogurt low carb veg and berries I become extremely well and energetic. I believe this is because both Scots and Danish ansestory is what my body is metabolically the correct diet for myself. I am now truly convinced that whatever our back ground is, has a lot to do with what our diet should be.

Their fish fermentation method sounds just like how the West Coast Natives did it here in BC, Canada. Similar diets, I think.

Thomas, historic food vids should be a new series! Ancient Rome, Celtic Europe Iron Age, Bronze Age, and Neolithic stone age. Acorn bread goes all the way back.

Starting in. 94 I was bulimic for 7 years. When I decided to get healthy my nutritionist had me bring in my family history. I am 3/4 Scandinavian. I’m only second or 3rd generation born here on either side of my family. When she found this out, she had me go to my Great Grandma ( she was the only one still alive. Grandpa died at 74 and my grandma on the other side drank herself to death)and found out what she ate growing up. I got some Norwegian cook books and within 6 months I’d lost 70 lbs. It was a PAIN IN THE BUTT to switch. But, it worked. I need to do it again. It would help everyone in my family.