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Learn to COOK - The French Don't Diet Plan: 10 Simple Steps to Stay Thin for Life
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Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780307336521
ISBN: 0307336522
Label: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2006-12-26
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date: 2006-12-26
Studio: Three Rivers Press
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Wouldn’t you rather savor a buttery croissant instead of inhaling an artificially flavored diet shake? Isn’t taking a relaxing stroll preferable to pounding out early morning miles on the treadmill? The French live this way, yet stay thin and healthy. Now, with The French Don’t Diet Plan, you can, too!
In his groundbreaking book, The Fat Fallacy, Dr. Will Clower was the first to present a theory of how the French maintain low obesity and heart disease rates despite their seemingly “unhealthy” lifestyle. Dr. Clower learned that the French don’t worry about dieting but rather are more concerned with how they eat. That means paying attention to the taste, pacing, and enjoyment of meals, instead of counting calories, cutting fat and carbs, or taking guilt trips to the gym.
With The PATH, his revolutionary weight-loss plan, Dr. Clower has helped thousands of people lose weight, lower cholesterol, and increase energy. Now, in The French Don’t Diet Plan, Dr. Clower shows how easy it is to incorporate his remarkably effective techniques and the French lifestyle into a busy American day.
Dr. Clower has found that natural foods have overwhelmingly been pushed out of the American diet by what he calls “faux foods”: processed, additive-filled convenience products, often marketed as healthy with buzzwords like low fat and low carb. In addition, mealtimes should be a slow, sensual break for the body and mind—not a face-stuffing frenzy while standing up in the kitchen or sitting behind the wheel. As a result of such habits, Dr. Clower says, we are not eating what our bodies need, and we’re eating in a way that is not conducive to proper digestion. Science shows this precise combination of factors causes weight gain.
The French approach is about taking the time to enjoy real food without guilt or deprivation. Not only a successful path to becoming thin for life, The French Don’t Diet Plan will help you put joie de vivre back into your relationship with food.
The Most Delicious and Decadent Way to Lose Weight
• Formerly forbidden foods, welcome back! Learn why butter, cheese, bread, and chocolate are health foods that keep hunger at bay. . . . See Step 2.
• Spend more time eating! Discover why you should plan on having seconds and make meals last longer. . . . See Step 5.
• Hate to work out? Find out why you don’t have to exercise to lose pounds—and how relaxation can help keep weight off for good. . . . See Step 10.
• Now you’re cooking. Enjoy dozens of easy recipes for satisfying comfort foods, from Hot Artichoke-Cheese Dip to Creamy Alfredo Sauce, and Double-Almond Biscotti to Practically Flourless Chocolate Cake. . . . See Easy Recipes for Fabulous Foods.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Summary: Delicious Food in Moderation!
Comment: I read Dr.Clower's first book, "The Fat Fallacy" and while I loved the principles he put forth in that book, I had a hard time putting them into practice. I eventually fell back into my 'low-calorie' way of life and did a bit more yo-yo dieting for a few years. You know, gaining & losing those same 15 pounds can get pretty depressing after a while! I thought I'd look his information up again, and saw that this book was now available. I read it and it was exactly what I needed: a break-down of how to incorporate the "Fat Fallacy" principles in an American lifestyle. I still struggle with my mindset of wanting to rush the process of weight loss, eating whole fats is still a mental leap for me, but I have decided I'm not going to diet any more. Even if I gain a few pounds while I figure out how to enjoy my (wholesome!) food, I will take it in stride and simply adjust in the future. This is more than "what" to eat, it's HOW to eat, which is the missing element from all of the other diets I've tried. When I'm eating with other family members who are inhaling their food, I still find myself struggling to eat slowly and enjoy my food, but I know this is all a learning curve. With time it has gotten easier, and I know eventually it will simply be a way of life. I highly recommend this book as a new WAY of eating, not a 'how to reduce your calories to fit a certain equation' diet. Yes, there are foods that one shouldn't eat (junk food) but like other reviewers have mentioned, after you've been eating delicious, naturally occurring food, junk food just doesn't appeal to your palate!
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Summary: Great tips
Comment: Book strives for you to understand how inportant it is to eat healthy and as natural a posible.
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Summary: Great General Ideas
Comment: Dr. Will Clower explains in his book The French Don't Diet that the key to eating healthily is to incorporate it as your daily way of life. You don't go "on" a diet - you redo how eating and exercising are parts of your life.
If you've read The Fat Fallacy, Clower's previous book, then this might seem very familiar to you. The keys to being a healthy human involve ... a healthy lifestyle! If you eat slowly, eat fresh food, go for long walks with friends and have a stress-free lifestyle, you're probably going to have a healthy body too.
It makes a lot of sense. Imagine yourself in a medieval village. You're not sitting inside watching TV all day. You're walking around the village, talking with friends. You're eating fresh vegetables from your garden, fresh fish from your pond, and homemade wine washes it down. When you eat, you're not gobbling down sugar-filled treats in front of a TV. Instead, you're talking, laughing, and drawing out the meal so that you feel full more naturally.
Of course, I have to comment that Dr. Clower takes great glee in bashing other diets on the way to proving his is "the best". Since most of what his diet discusses is what many other diets also discuss - eating fresh food, getting in healthy exercise and eating in moderation - I find it a bit unnecessary. There's no reason to laugh at low-fat eaters as moronic. In fact, you want to avoid bad fats, which is what low-fat is all about. There's no reason to poke at low-carbers as silly. Low carb is about avoiding sugars and processed sweets - exactly what he is telling you to do.
The book helps you step by step through your conversion to real-food eating - what to look for in your pantry, what types of foods to add to your shopping list, how to avoid excess sugar in your food choices. There are a number of recipes, and a number of glossary items.
In general I am all in favor of most of the items promoted here. Get exercise into your daily life - go for walks, take stairs more, find activities that get you moving. Eat fresh veggies. Savor mealtimes, don't rush through eating. It's very healthy, and very common sense. It's just some of the other commentary thrown in there that seems unnecessary and demeaning to others. It's fine to say you love wine - it's not necessary to say beer drinkers are morons in the same breath, though.
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Summary: missing pages
Comment: My book was missing 20 pages! But, Amazon took care of the problem immediately and sent a new book within a couple days.
Excellent customer service
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Summary: A Simple Plan That Really Works...At Last!!!
Comment: An intelligent eating plan that allows everything...in moderation...my kind of food plan! It's simple and once you relearn the importance of savoring and chewing your food and how to pace yourself rather than gulping and running you can enjoy and begin your travels on the road to a happier place and a leaner body. It really works!
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