Has anyone read French Women Don't Get Fat!

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Hi to all!! :wave:

Been hearing all sorts of comments about this book. Basically the French don't need to eat low fat or low carb - theirs is a healthier lifestyle :cool1:

Has anyone read the book and what did they think? Worth buying?

Thanks!! :flower1:

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DH saw the author being interviewed last week and told me to go buy the book.

Hmmm, I wonder what he is trying to tell me? :scratchin
 
Maybe it has something to do with their aversion to razors.
 
I think It's because they are so snooty to everyone they are probably afraid someone has spit in their food....so they don't eat much.LOL Ok, calm down, I was just kidding. Bon Apetite :snooty: Amy :flower1:
 

I haven't read it but in all seriousness...

In Europe, they have smaller portion sizes for a lot of meals. We tend to have HUGE portions here. That is probably a big part of it.
 
I want to read this book...I read an excerpt somewhere, and it sounded interesting. I'm waiting until it goes a little cheaper on Ebay, though.
 
I saw the author on TV a couple weeks ago. As EsmeraldaX said, they eat everything in smaller portions. They drink alot of water, lots of vegetables and exercise. Pretty much your basic WW rules. Found this on amazon.com:

Editorial Reviews

>>>From Publishers Weekly
Guiliano's approach to healthy living is hardly revolutionary: just last month, the New York Times Magazine ran a story on the well-known "French paradox," which finds French people, those wine- guzzling, Brie-noshing, carb-loving folk, to be much thinner and healthier than diet-obsessed Americans. Guiliano, however, isn't so interested in the sociocultural aspects of this oddity. Rather, befitting her status as CEO of Clicquot (as in Veuve Clicquot, the French Champagne house), she cares more about showing how judicious consumption of good food (and good Champagne) can result in a trim figure and a happy life. It's a welcome reprieve from the scores of diet books out there; there's nary a mention of calories, anaerobic energy, glycemic index or any of the other hallmarks of the genre. Instead, Guiliano shares anecdotes about how, as a teen, she returned to her native France from a year studying in Massachusetts looking "like a sack of potatoes," and slimmed down. She did this, of course, by adapting the tenets of French eating: eating three substantial meals a day, consuming smaller portions and lots of fruits and vegetables, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, drinking plenty of water and not depriving herself of treats every once in a while. In other words, Guiliano listened to common sense. Her book, with its amusing asides about her life and work, occasional lapses into French and inspiring recipes (Zucchini Flower Omelet; Salad of Duck à l'Orange) is a stirring reminder of the importance of joie de vivre.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist
To the apparent great envy of all other women on the planet, French women seem eternally better dressed, more stylish, and better looking. Guiliano believes that the secret to slimness for French women springs from fundamentally two sources: the French attitude toward eating, which focuses on only the best and freshest foods consumed in careful moderation, and frequent, purposeful walking. Thus, daily trips to local markets for fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, and cheeses work to keep these women slimmer than their supermarket-shopping American sisters. Throughout the text, she records recipes for French cookery varying in complexity from two-ingredient leek broth to croissants. Guiliano, U.S. head of a major French Champagne house, doesn't neglect to recommend a glass of wine as part of smart dining. A commonsense diet based on both restraint and simple exercise, Guiliano's diet stresses that food consumption ought to be deliberate and pleasurable and done always sitting at table with appropriate napery. This diet may not transform every American woman into Stephane Audran, but it's an approach. Mark Knoblauch
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Now you don't need to buy the book! :D
 
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The also still smoke cigarettes over there, which could be a factor in why they keep weight off.
 
Well, from both observation and talking to two French women at work - their lifestyle does keep them slim. I've never seen either mention "diet". They eat plenty of full fat cheeses, bread, pate, chocolate, drink wine, etc.

What they do avoid are processed foods and huge portions. They do eat plenty of fresh produce and stress variety in their meals. One young French woman was appalled by her roommate who ate mostly pizzas and burgers.

They all walk daily too, I'd say 2 miles.
 














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