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Having travelled in France quite a bit I can say that some French meals 
are
very substantial, but usually well balnced with loads of fresh vegetables.
Hana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reinhard Engels" <beautiful_idiot@...>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nosdiet] No snacks keep French slim


> > Here is an interesting article I came across while
> > browsing the news on Netscape. The secret of French
> > slimness appears to be :::: drum roll please ::: no
> > snacks and three meals a day!
> >
> >
>
http://webcenter.health.webmd.netscape.com/content/pages/10/1671_51408?z=323
4_2038_0005_00_04
>
> Those of you who haven't should read this article,
> it's very encouraging to no-essers on several levels.
>
> 1) There is a striking difference (8% obesity rate vs.
> 33%) and better meal habits (very similar to no-s) are
> an obvious explanation.
>
> 2) Not only is this effective in terms of weight
> control, but who eats *better* than the French?
> There's a reason "gastronomy," "cuisine," "dinner,"
> and yes, "dessert" are all loan words from the French
> (and it's not *just* what happened in 1066). Since I
> assume that most of us here like to eat, or we
> wouldn't be overweight, this is a material
> consideration.
>
> In fairness, though, the article doesn't mention that
> supreme gallic diet aide: beaucoup des cigarettes --
> not that we U.S. Americans have any right to be smug:
> French life expectancy, smoking and all, is 79.44
> years, ours just 77.43 (2004).
>
> http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fr.html
>
> http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
>
> Thanks for posting this, Allan.
>
> Reinhard
>
> --- "D." <allan2015@...> wrote:
>
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> > =====
> > We are here to drink beer... and (to) live our lives
> > so well that Death will tremble to take us --
> > Charles Bukowski
> >
> >
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