Re: Book review _The Fat Fallacy_ Applying the French Diet to the American Lifestyle

[Guest guest]

Sounds like a good book...I think Sally Fallon's epiphany came after

living in France as well. She does make the point, however, that the

French suffer from degenerative diseases. They eat tons of sugar and

junk carbs. My favorite stat from Fallon was that heart disease was

lowest in the foie gras producing region of France.

I think his general guidelines are good (especially the quality vs.

quantity issue), but the portion control might be hard to adapt for

Americans with broken appestats...

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[Guest guest]

I have always lost weight in France - always. But I also walk MILES more a

day in France (or wherever I go on vacation) than I do at home.

I agree with the gist of this, however - I appear to have destroyed my

ability to eat carbs without consequences, but for a " normal " person, I

suspect this advice would work well.

Christie

[Guest guest]

--- Christie <christiekeith@...> wrote:

>

> I have always lost weight in France - always. But I

> also walk MILES more a

> day in France (or wherever I go on vacation) than I

> do at home.

>

I lived in France for a year, and it's where I first

started to gain weight. Not enough

lectures/tutorials, too much time to cook and eat!

Bread and croissants everyday, with pain au chocolat

at weekends.

Jo

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