Famous for low heart disease
The French are second place to Japan
- The French eat 40 pounds of high fat cheese /person / year
- Butter, whipping cream, high fat, not the low fat non-sense
- no whole grains
- no oatmeal
- less pasta
- white bread leavened with yeast first
- lots of animal fat, butter, lard, duck fat
- egg yolk sauce, Bearnaise sauce, smothered on food
- little corn, canola, sunflower vegetable oils, boring taste
The 'actual' Mediterranean diet is healthy
High in these types of food:
- garlic
- Nitrates, nitrites, salami, sausage, 'cured' meats
- Omega-3 lipids derived from animals, fatty fish, red meat
- high fat dairy, whipping cream, butter-rich pastries
- unbleached white flour, pasta, pizza, a culture of white flour
- Omega-9 olive oil
- French people tend to be trim, less obese
Low in these types of foods
- whole wheat, oatmeal, brown breads
- omega-6 vegetable oils
- fewer carbohydrates, starch, pasta, beer
- less sweet vegetables, peas, corn, onion
Summary:
- high fat food: meat, eggs, dairy
- less, nuts, seeds, starch, whole grains
- no oatmeal
- more garlic
Why aren't the French dropping like flies?
- Because they eat sensibly
- sit down
- enjoy their food
- de-stress with a glass of relaxing wine
- listen to some soft music while they eat
- not running while gulping a big soft drink constantly
The Internet is full of nonsense
Saying that the Mediterranean diet is
low in dairy?!?
- Yes, France has a coast line on the Mediterranean sea
- France has the lowest heart disease of any country second only to Japan
- The French eat 40 pounds of cheese per person per year
- Nonsense web pages suggest low dairy (Mayo Clinic!?!)
- The French diet is possibly why the Mediterranean diet is famous
Almost no oatmeal
- The French eat 1/4 the amount of oatmeal as American with high heart disease
- The French eat 4x the amount of garlic
Low in red meat?!?
- Mayo clinic fails again, Mediterraneans eat a diet high in red meat
- Steak tartar
- fatty duck liver, English: f w ɑː ˈ ɡ r ɑ: , French for '"fat liver"'
Nonsense web site example; Mayo Clinic - anti-health nonsense.