Comments on: French Food and French Women http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/08/02/french-food-and-french-women/ Daily writings about fitness, diet, and health Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:51:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Nadraszky http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/08/02/french-food-and-french-women/#comment-38969 Bill Nadraszky Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:35:47 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=852#comment-38969 <p>Ramen noodles? I love those noodles but my wife pointed out to me that they are high in fat which I was suprised at but they are in fact deep fried.</p> <p>I had escargot only once and that was years ago when I was in a restaurant and trying to impress the girl that I was with. We both spit them into our fancy cloth napkins and I refuse to order them again.</p> Ramen noodles? I love those noodles but my wife pointed out to me that they are high in fat which I was suprised at but they are in fact deep fried.

I had escargot only once and that was years ago when I was in a restaurant and trying to impress the girl that I was with. We both spit them into our fancy cloth napkins and I refuse to order them again.

]]> By: PopFitnez http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/08/02/french-food-and-french-women/#comment-38905 PopFitnez Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:23:51 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=852#comment-38905 <p>I think French way of eating is a little blown out of proportion. I do think that French kitchen is one of the most enjoyable in the world and I love it. But in other countries women seem to be just as healthy, yet they don’t get nearly as much attention.</p> I think French way of eating is a little blown out of proportion. I do think that French kitchen is one of the most enjoyable in the world and I love it. But in other countries women seem to be just as healthy, yet they don’t get nearly as much attention.

]]> By: R.M. Koske http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/08/02/french-food-and-french-women/#comment-38777 R.M. Koske Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:15:54 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=852#comment-38777 <p>I thought (I haven't read the book) that the point wasn't so much that French food was healthier, but that the French way of eating was healthier. The way I understood it, the French make a production of food and eating. They eat carefully prepared food, and they eat it carefully. You don't eat and watch tv, or read, or do anything but enjoy your food and the company that you're with. If you're eating alone, you savor the food and really enjoy it. So the unhealthiness of the French food doesn't matter because they eat it more mindfully, enjoy it more, and therefore don't need to eat as much to feel satisfied.</p> <p>That is, of course, what I got from other people talking about the book, since I haven't read it. (I need to do that.)</p> <p>If I'm right, though, the worst thing you could do to eat like a French person is to try to eat French food. You should eat food that you love, slowly and with great attention. </p> <p>I'm sticking to my interpretation as long as possible, because I'm a picky eater, and I doubt I'd like french food either. <em>grins</em></p> I thought (I haven’t read the book) that the point wasn’t so much that French food was healthier, but that the French way of eating was healthier. The way I understood it, the French make a production of food and eating. They eat carefully prepared food, and they eat it carefully. You don’t eat and watch tv, or read, or do anything but enjoy your food and the company that you’re with. If you’re eating alone, you savor the food and really enjoy it. So the unhealthiness of the French food doesn’t matter because they eat it more mindfully, enjoy it more, and therefore don’t need to eat as much to feel satisfied.

That is, of course, what I got from other people talking about the book, since I haven’t read it. (I need to do that.)

If I’m right, though, the worst thing you could do to eat like a French person is to try to eat French food. You should eat food that you love, slowly and with great attention.

I’m sticking to my interpretation as long as possible, because I’m a picky eater, and I doubt I’d like french food either. grins

]]> By: www.iportion.com http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2006/08/02/french-food-and-french-women/#comment-38770 www.iportion.com Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:29:08 +0000 http://www.starling-fitness.com/?p=852#comment-38770 <p>French food is not healthyer it's smaller. Smaller portions are less caloeries. You can do the same "French" way of eating by making the mac and cheese a 1/2 cup instead of 1 or three. </p> <p>I use 1/3 cup mac and cheese annd add it to a salad. I am a volume eater.</p> French food is not healthyer it’s smaller. Smaller portions are less caloeries.
You can do the same “French” way of eating by making the mac and cheese a 1/2 cup instead of 1 or three.

I use 1/3 cup mac and cheese annd add it to a salad.
I am a volume eater.

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