ConditionNutrition Articles

• Even though the French diet is rich, it is a much healthier option than the American diet, with much less heart disease and fewer other medical problems.
• Most Americans eat fast food on the go, while most French eat a relaxed and leisurely meal consisting of several courses.
• While the American diet is rich in processed foods and snacks, the French diet contains few of these.

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• The Japanese diet is extremely healthy, and this population has the lowest rates of obesity and the longest lifespan
• Both the Chinese and Japanese diets include lots of rice and vegetables, with small amounts of meat, poultry, and seafood added
• The Japanese diet includes sushi, which is raw thinly sliced fresh seafood

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• The French diet plan will not include the monotonous counting of calories, or carbohydrate and fat grams.
• Although they proportion their meals much smaller than dieters in the United States, the French are more attentive to the quality of what they eat versus the quantity
• Part of the French diet plan, aside from smaller portions, is to chew very slowly while savoring each bite full of food.

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