French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure

The #1 national bestseller that launched a fabulous French Revolution about how to approach healthy living: the ultimate non-diet book--now with more recipes.

French women don't get fat, even though they enjoy bread and pastry, wine, and regular three-course meals. Unlocking the simple secrets of this "French paradox"--how they enjoy food while staying slim and healthy--Mireille Guiliano gives us a charming, inspiring take on health and eating for our times. 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 positive way to stay trim, a culture's most precious secrets recast for the twenty-first century. A life of wine, bread--even chocolate--without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 12/26/2007
ISBN: 9780375710513
Pages: 273
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.26w x 0.62d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 12/30/2007 pg. 20
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