Article: When in France ...(Fat Fallacy: Applying the French Diet to the American Lifestyle)

While doing his post-doctoral work in France, William Clower realized there was something wrong with the way Americans eat. He watched the fit-as-a-fiddle French eat cheese, cream, butter and bread--foods obsessed-with-low-fat Americans avoid like the plague. Clower adopted the French diet and, without trying, lost weight. His came to visit and, throwing caution to the wind, ate the delicious food this epicurian country had to offer and she lost weight, too.

Americans live by the low-fat mantra, yet "over half the adult population in the United States is grossly overweight," states Clower. We suffer over the food we eat, constantly counting fat grams, calories ...

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