Sharon R. (hazeleyes) reviewed Perhaps this book should be re-titled "Parisian Women Don't Get Fat" on 2/23/2009 + 331 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

It's true that most Parisians are not fat. Everything they eat is delicious because they demand quality. And probably their meals are filled with nutrients because their meals are fresh. They have energy because they move their bodies more than we do.

And in other parts of France outside Paris, food is equally delicious (or more so) and people look pretty much like we do. Some are thin, some are fat, some are in between. They're more relaxed than Parisians.

Perhaps part of the message of this book is that if we in the US demanded higher quality, less processed food grown locally and sold in season, and if we are everything fresh, we, too, might have more energy, enjoy delicious and nutritious food, and be thinner.

However, the people in France (forget Paris) who are not so slim and trim or stylish as those in Paris enjoy their lives, live a long time, and don't seem to worry if they look like 'real' people rather than like Vogue fasion models.

I don't know if we should eat to live or eat for pleasure, but I think rather than simply accept the foregone conclusion of the title, the question should be open for debate.

Maybe the answer is somewhere in the middle.

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