French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375710515 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Stylish, convincing, wise, funny, and just in time: the ultimate non-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live – now with more recipes.French women don’t get fat, even though they enjoy bread and pastry, wine, and regular three-course meals. A life of wine, bread – even chocolate – without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?. Unlocking the simple secrets of this “French paradox” – how they enjoy food while staying slim and healthy – Mireille Guiliano gives us a charming, inspiring take on health and eating for our times.For anyone who has slipped out of her Zone, missed the flight to South Beach, or accidentally let a carb pass her lips, here is a positive way to stay trim, a culture’s most precious secrets recast for the twenty-first century
Merci Madame Guiliano for writing this book M & M Woooo this book really has rallied a love-it-or-hate-it sensibility here. Well, count me in the love-it group. And why? Because for me it struck a chord and it works. 10 weeks ago, I embarked on a new way of eating I was 212 pounds (at 6 foot tall with a medium frame that's a bit overweight for a guy) and today I was weighed at my Doctor's office - 191 pounds! That's 21 pounds! I.e. I've lost 2 pounds per week on average - what Doctors consider a "safe" amount to lose. My ideal weight is about 180 pounds so only 11 more to go! My Doctor was almost as excited as I was and wanted to know. It's simple D. Hoskins After spending three weeks in Paris and Provence I can tell you exactly why French women don't get fat. It's because they walk everywhere, they shop daily in small fresh food markets, and they use the stairs instead of elevators. Also, many of them smoke but that should be avoided of course.Walking: their entire society revolves around walking. We hop in the car and drive for even the smallest distances. Why? Because that is the way most of our cities and towns are set up. My town has very few sidewalks and walking through urban sprawl, along busy highways and streets is only for hookers or. AliB said An American who lived this as a teen and learned from it. At age 55, people often tell me that they envy the way I can apparently eat anything I wish and stay slim. That isn't true, of course, any more than it is for anyone else.But when I was 19, I went to Paris and worked as an au pair for a year, and after the initial culture shock (no eggs and bacon for breakfast?! supper late and small? Lunch big and SLOW?), I learned that I felt healthier and stronger when I ate in the classic French manner: exactly the diet and routine outlined in this book. For the past An American who lived this as a teen and learned from it At age 55, people often tell me that they envy the way I can apparently eat anything I wish and stay slim. That isn't true, of course, any more than it is for anyone else.But when I was 19, I went to Paris and worked as an au pair for a year, and after the initial culture shock (no eggs and bacon for breakfast?! supper late and small? Lunch big and SLOW?), I learned that I felt healthier and stronger when I ate in the classic French manner: exactly the diet and routine outlined in this book. For the past 35 years, whenever I feel a little sluggish or put on a few pounds, I return to eating . 5 years, whenever I feel a little sluggish or put on a few pounds, I return to eating
So, what better way to end the first day of the New Year than with one of her favorite chocolate desserts as both a reward and I’m sure good-luck charm? Ingredients: 1 cup milk 1 cup unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder 1/3 cup sugar 4 eggs at room temperature 2 tablespoons butter at room temperature Pinch of salt 1. Add pine nuts, parmesan and parsley and season to taste. This easy dish was always on one of the menus. Hot Chocolate SouffléServes 6 During the season of overindulgences—Christmas, New Year and all the festivities in between—there is in our home a succession of store-brought, traditional goodies: Bûche de Noël (yule log), marrons glacés (glazed chestnuts), the 13 desserts of Christmas in Provence. While the hens are in the oven, you have time to concoct a little dessert, et voilà, you can pop a cork of bubbly, sit for candlelight dinner and have your