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Digg!  furl  google  newsvine  reddit  technorati  Facebook  Yahoo!  Having recently spent a month in France, I have come to the conclusion that the French are sneaky. They eat three-course meals with gorgeous sauces, drink red wine constantly, have no apparent shame availing themselves of those sinful French pastries, pâté, and cheeses, and yet still remain — by American standards — thin. And rarely will you see those French guys or gals sweatily jogging down the boulevard; they just walk about looking very stylish.  Michael Seabaugh If you don’t trust my observational skills, try these stats on for size: Only 11 percent of the French population qualifies as obese, while we almost triple that percentage mark here in the land of plenty. Furthermore, the French eat three times as much saturated animal fat as Americans do and only a third as many die of heart attacks.I have long heard about this French Paradox, and after a month of fluffy croissants full of almond paste and copious amounts of French rouge du maison, I was certain it was all a bunch of bull. To prove the point, I immediately mounted my bathroom scale upon returning home. Imagine my shock when I discovered that after a month of French gastronomic debauchery (and no organized exercise regimen) I only gained one pound!So if it isn’t Splenda, no-carb PowerBars, or an obsession with spinning classes, what’s their secret?I consulted Santa Barbara’s own expert on the subject, Laurence Hauben, herself a lovely Frenchwoman who actually helps people learn about the French way with food in her Market Foray classes (marketforays.com). According to Laurence, it’s all about the lifestyle.“The French don’t traditionally wolf down a meal at their desk or while commuting in traffic,” she said. “They sit down with family or colleagues at a table, taking the time to relax and share conversation. When you are talking, you are not eating, and because you are relaxed, the hormones released help in the assimilation of calories, unlike the stress hormones we are riddled with here, which trigger hoarding of fat. In other words, eat 800 calories while sitting at a café in Paris, and they will get spent. Eat 800 calories while sitting in your car in traffic on the freeway, and most of them will settle in your hips or gut.”Mireille Guiliano, author of the recent bestseller French Women Don’t Get Fat, would no doubt agree with Hauben. In her book, she emphasizes the importance of savoring one’s food and how this directly contributes to a cornerstone of the French diet: portion control. I realize this is a very un-American concept, but it does seem to work. The French way is not about deprivation. Their main dishes are bathed in lush sauces, their desserts are irresistible culinary masterpieces. They make the effort to make sure their food is fresh and flavorful, with the payoff that their satisfaction — and most importantly, their satiation — will come from quality instead of quantity.According to Hauben, the French Paradox isn’t a paradox at all, but a logical consequence of the traditional French way of life, which is less materialistic, less driven. “We need to slow down, think about our priorities, and ask ourselves what the point is of an expensive kitchen remodel when we don’t take the time to cook, and why we work so hard that we never have time to see the people we love,” she said. “Maybe if we traded some of our discretionary income for discretionary time, that would be the true luxury.”Taking the time to prepare meals with fresh ingredients, walking to the markets to buy those ingredients, and then actually sitting down with friends and family to savor the meal? Now that’s a start.“If we want to lose weight, we need to make a choice to enjoy life more,” said Hauben.Dr. Michael O.L. Seabaugh is a licensed clinical psychologist with a psychotherapy practice in Santa Barbara. Comment at healthspan@mac.com and visit his Web site/blog at HealthspanWeb.com for more information.Story Help (Click-ability)Double-clicking on any word or phrase in this story will open a reference window with definitions and links to other reference material. Comments Discussion Guidelines Sorry, I do not agree.You can not loose weight or stay fit without exercise. Also you have to count your calories.Chinese origin people eat fast and the majority are very slim .In Peking Parks I have seen people joining in the morning exercise as a routine.A.T. MahmoodLondon goldberry (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 10:31 a.m. (Suggest removal) You don't have to excercise other than normal movement to loose weight and be healthy. Just by laying in your bed all day your body will consume a certain amount.Of course Calories in vs calories out is very importantant to focus when loosing weight. But negative stress(eating fast can be a symptom) and your attitude towards food can make a difference for people and shouldn't be neglected. What does that chocolate bar mean to you? Delicious treat I let myself really enjoy sometimes and take calorie-responsibilty for or "my diet is ruined, no point in not eating 5 more", "What the heck, I'll start dieting/eating healthy on monday"..(Why the focus on weight? In Europe, or at least where I live, there's a growing amount of people that look thin but are in reality fat. You have to look at lean body mass and not only on the scale.) Patrick (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 1:19 p.m. (Suggest removal) There is a definite link between stress and fat.Stress leads to Cortisol and Cortisol leads to abdominal fat.If stress is a factor, then exercise becomes more of a priority. montezuma (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 1:25 p.m. (Suggest removal) I've been a victim of cortisol myself and realize what it can do.What I don't understand is if they love their lifestyle, which I believe the do, their 35 hour work weeks, pension, month of vacation in August, time with friends and family, then why did they elect sarkozy. He stands for getting rid of all of these to pursue the American lifestyle from what I understand.Of course, I'd be happy to trade. don1one (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 2:16 p.m. (Suggest removal) Hi,I'm a french webdesigner working both in web agency and as freelance, i uselly work around 45/50 hours per week. The reality is that many of us work more thant 35 hours. We are known to work less beacause Labor unions (i don't know if it's the exaxt word) and the ones who work in administration (which are numerous in France) force the gouvernement to get more and more advantage and to work less and less ... but it's very different in private business, we work much.Nevertheless, i do agree with this article. We are use to get around 1 or 2 hours at lunch. So i beleave that working hard is to uncompatible with having a good way of life. It's the way we work in France :)Sorry if my english is not good. But i hope that could have explain a few. Loomax (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 3:43 p.m. (Suggest removal) "I beleave that working hard is NOT uncompatible"sorry Loomax (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 3:47 p.m. (Suggest removal) The work stress and lifestyle may not allow Americans do enhoy the French eating habits. The life style is realted to the environment people live and the people around them. That is why more overweight people would like to visit the social network for them especially, such as largeplace.com. They may choose the way that makes them feels better. erica (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 7:57 p.m. (Suggest removal) I'm french too and I I agree with Loomax on two points : - Yes we often spend a lot of times for lunch.- Yes we spend more than 35 hours in our job for the most of us.- No, i'm not sure that people in the administration are working lesser than people in private business.I'm a computer ingeneer in a little private company and i'm working very often for different private business and administration. People spend more time at job in little structure (administration or private business) than in a big structure. A typical example is in bank and insurance company (very big structure of private business), people works really lesser than other people in the smaller structure ...dont1one : Why N.Sarkozy has been elected ? If the other candidate (Segolène Royal) had been elected, she should also sacrifice many of our social advantages (pension for example) because we don't have money to maintain our way of life ! And it is not because N.Sarkozy has been elected that we are all like him ! This is not because G.Bush has been elected in the US that you are all like him ;-)Just a little conclusion about the french way of life : USA are very (positively) influent on our way of life : music, movies, computer technology...and so on. The food is just a particularity in the french culture, this article reflects just very well this particularity.The rest is politics ;-) armanditox (anonymous profile)October 30, 2007 at 11:34 p.m. (Suggest removal) Thank you for responding.I think working too many hours is ruining the US. I work at a place that has no sick time, two weeks of vacation, and five holidays a year. The trend seems to be less time off. I think sitting down with a family to share a meal, talk about the day, and be happy is great.French people also travel more on vacations and see more of the world and different cultures.I hope France doesn't change too much. don1one (anonymous profile)October 31, 2007 at 2:42 p.m. (Suggest removal) If americans are more obese than French is that they are victims of their own culture and the famous "way of life".Why do they work so hard ?The best theory I found is that, first of all, because of the pioneer spirit. But this spirit did not fade away.Why ?Americans think it is for having a big car, a huge house and many gadgets and stuff they will never or almost use but we know now that is, nowadays, because the successive governments understood the absolute necessity to retain leadership and that is by pushing economic efforts at max speed and at the expense of the workers ...For that, they manipulate the whole system (which like it by the way : once started, it goes all the way) in order to make all (or almost) people think that "What they are" is defined by "What they own".Yet, China is on the way (with a different cultural thinking but, for the moment, more efficient).For further information :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enginee...http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=... newtoon (anonymous profile)November 1, 2007 at 2:38 a.m. (Suggest removal) I think only that eating 5 times a day increase methabolism, so if you do a little walk a day (30 minutes) you clearly lose weight. I'm Italian and I work in front of a computer 10 hours a day, I don't have the time do gym but eating the way of the Mediterranean diet http://www.mediterraneanbook.com I can cleary say I won't become fat. medbook (anonymous profile)November 3, 2007 at 11:35 a.m. (Suggest removal) It is not American any more if we eat like that. There are also a lot of overweight people in France. I was recently contacted by a big man from France at largeplace.com. 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