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French Women Don't Get Fat

The Secret of Eating For Pleasure

By Mireille Guiliano

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| Hardcover | 9781400042128

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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.

French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Continue

Stylish, convincing, wise, funny–and just in time: the ultimate non-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live.

French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”–how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy. Hers is a charming, sensible, and powerfully life-affirming view of health and eating for our times.

As a typically slender French girl, Mireille (Meer-ray) went to America as an exchange student and came back fat. That shock sent her into an adolescent tailspin, until her kindly family physician, “Dr. Miracle,” came to the rescue. Reintroducing her to classic principles of French gastronomy plus time-honored secrets of the local women, he helped her restore her shape and gave her a whole new understanding of food, drink, and life. The key? Not guilt or deprivation but learning to get the most from the things you most enjoy. Following her own version of this traditional wisdom, she has ever since relished a life of indulgence without bulge, satisfying yen without yo-yo on three meals a day.

Now in simple but potent strategies and dozens of recipes you’d swear were fattening, Mireille reveals the ingredients for a lifetime of weight control–from the emergency weekend remedy of Magical Leek Soup to everyday tricks like fooling yourself into contentment and painless new physical exertions to save you from the StairMaster. Emphasizing the virtues of freshness, variety, balance, and always pleasure, Mireille shows how virtually anyone can learn to eat, drink, and move like a French woman.

A natural raconteur, Mireille illustrates her philosophy through the experiences that have shaped her life–a six-year-old’s first taste of Champagne, treks in search of tiny blueberries (called myrtilles) in the woods near her grandmother’s house, a near-spiritual rendezvous with oysters at a seaside restaurant in Brittany, to name but a few. She also shows us other women discovering the wonders of “French in action,” drawing examples from dozens of friends and associates she has advised over the years to eat and drink smarter and more joyfully.

Here are a culture’s most cherished and time-honored secrets recast for the twenty-first century. 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 buoyant, positive way to stay trim. A life of wine, bread–even chocolate–without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?

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    French Women Don't Get Fat Mireille Guiliano Vintage £7.99 'French women don't get fat,' says Veuve Clicquot spokesperson Mireille Guiliano, 'because they have not allowed modern theories to overrule centuries of experience.' Guiliano's manifesto for ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure By Mireille Guiliano

    If you need to lose weight, consider taking a trip to another country. Two new entries in the ever-expanding category of diet books look at the cultural aspects of maintaining a healthy weight. Dieters often wonder, for example, why French women rema ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • the book title sounds like a typical american know-how book, but the author is french, though she lives in the US for years...it's an interesting read, giving us us a glimpse of the french way of living and dinning, and there're some mouth-watering recipes included. 'yogurt without yogurt maker', le ... (continue)

    the book title sounds like a typical american know-how book, but the author is french, though she lives in the US for years...it's an interesting read, giving us us a glimpse of the french way of living and dinning, and there're some mouth-watering recipes included. 'yogurt without yogurt maker', leek soup and banguette...and many more! bon appetite!

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    Shermaine said on Dec 10, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • French women eat everything, only less... Oh, and they take the stairs and walk instead of drive. When you're reading about it, it all seems quite easy, but just try practising it when you're on holiday in the States and are waylaid by muffins and pastrami sandwiches every step of the way!
    Neve ... (continue)

    French women eat everything, only less... Oh, and they take the stairs and walk instead of drive. When you're reading about it, it all seems quite easy, but just try practising it when you're on holiday in the States and are waylaid by muffins and pastrami sandwiches every step of the way!
    Nevertheless, I try to eat more healthily without depriving myself and drink lots of water after reading this book.

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    Linda Wilke said on Mar 5, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • If you are not satisfied with your body, read this. It makes dieting much easier.

    It also unlocks the secrets of the always slim and beautiful French women.

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    Tracy W said on Apr 11, 2007 | Add your feedback

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