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To: Reverend Wright
The question for me is why the French are not obese like Canada, USA, UK. etc ?

I bet in a generation or two you will see American waistlines on these svelte French citizens.

There was a book that came out in 2007 called "French Women Don't Get Fat." Goodbye to all that.

4 posted on 03/16/2024 1:03:25 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

‘There was a book that came out in 2007 called “French Women Don’t Get Fat.”’

Never read the book, I wonder if they mentioned the huge difference (~3X) between cigarette-smoking rates between French women and American women. Smoking is an appetite suppressant, and nicotine is a stimulant that accelerates metabolism. It’s sill to ignore all that when approximately 40% of French women in the 18-50 age-range are smokers.

As for “why the French love American fast food”... it’s pretty simple... they’re human beings, and American fast food combines sugar, salt and fat in a tasty combination. A family member used to teach 2nd grade. She had a student who’d arrived from India approximately 3 months earlier. One day, the little boy told the class, “When we moved here from Mumbai, I thought I would hate the food. But I LOVE American food. Hamburgers, french fries, pizza, doughnuts, fried chicken. It’s all GREAT!”


10 posted on 03/16/2024 1:21:05 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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