http://www.netvouz.com/migcmc03/tag/hints?feed=rss migcmc03's bookmarks tagged "hints" on Netvouz http://www.getfitslowly.com/2008/06/06/food-drink-and-decadence-how-the-french-stay-thin/#comment-2185 When it comes to food, exercise, and our obsession with obesity, the French appear to break all of the rules of Western thought. By and large those who live a traditional French lifestyle eat for pleasure and satisfaction, they often smoke, and they drink regularly. Despite a diet proportionally high in things like saturated fats, the French have remarkably low rates of heart disease and obesity. Welcome to the French Paradox. migcmc03 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:15:50 GMT