I got this news piece off of Dr. Weil's weekly newsletter:
How the French Stay Slim and Healthy
Scientists have long puzzled over how the French, with their fat-loaded cuisine of Camembert, brioche and goose liver paté, stay slim and remain one of the healthiest people in the world.
New research has finally revealed the secret: small portions.
Results of a study published in the September 2003 issue of Psychological Science show that French serving sizes are much smaller than those in the U.S. The researchers found that the mean portion size in Paris restaurants was 9.8 ounces compared to 12.2 ounces in Philadelphia. Chinese restaurant servings in Philadelphia were a whopping 72 percent larger than Chinese restaurant servings in Paris; a U.S. supermarket soft drink was 52 percent larger than the French version; a hotdog was 63 percent bigger; and a carton of yogurt 82 percent larger.
The differences may help explain why 22 percent of Americans are obese compared to only seven percent of the French.
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The true blog in this site, here are some sites I frequent.
Melissa likes to keep informed via CNN. However, I've always visited the New York Times. Sections I turn to first are Dining, Travel, Health, and Advertising. Forbes keeps me abreast of business' concerns. The Economist has two weekly newsletters on political and business events which keeps me from being an ignoramus even when I am caught up in the minutiae of life. Although in print I never miss the
New Yorker's The Talk of the Town, online I prefer the
Atlantic.
Guilty pleasures. I am a big fan of the WB's dramedy series, Gilmore Girls, now in its second season. My dad is taping the shows
for me while I am in Taiwan. In between videotaped installments of the show, I keep up by reading the scripts and looking at screen captures from GilmoreGirls.net, the best fan site. I am so glad that there are dedicated fans who have this kind of time on their hands who enable me to get my weekly Gilmore Girls fix. The characters are complex, the dialogue fast-paced, funny, and filled with references to literature and pop culture, and the interaction between mothers and daughters at times poignant and reminiscent of my own relationship with my mother.
Fup, the store cat at Powells, is a character I still don't understand, but I always enjoy reading about him in their bi-weekly newsletter. Visiting the bookstore is dangerous, since I often end up making a purchase...
