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> 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! 
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http://webcenter.health.webmd.netscape.com/content/pages/10/1671_51408?z=3234_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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