Why do French women not get fat: Russian Parisian revealed a secret

Why don't French women get fat? Says Russian Parisian Yulia Kupriyanova.

Slender as a fallow deer, French women haunt many females. Including me. With enthusiasm and envy, I look at them on the beach and catch myself on the question: "Why are they so thin?" Indeed, in general, French women are not big fans of healthy lifestyle, as he is understood now in Russia and America, quotes Julia Zen.Yandex. They do not spread rot in the gym, do not torment themselves with diets, but enjoy drinking wine, eating baguettes and always remain slim.

So why don't French women get fat?

The main secret lies in the phrase "with pleasure" - they always do everything with pleasure! Emancipated, free, with a healthy share of egoism, they live a full life, they have no bitterness and claims to the world around them. They have everything ça va bien - excellent!

We, Russian women, the Tatar yoke, serfdom, revolution, the years of the first five years and the eternal deficit at the genetic level have been taught to sacrifice. We cannot relax and enjoy life. There is no lightness in a Russian woman. We need to suffer, save and go into the burning hut. What kind of cherche la fam!

Of course, genetics decides a lot. The Central European structure of the skeleton explains a certain subtlety inherent in most Europeans. That is why the French madame tends to zero with age, and the Russian lady - to infinity ...

But there are nuances of everyday life.

Take care of your body from a young age

In France, the cult of good food and a family table. But the cult of absorption (gluttony) of food itself is not there, but there is a food regulation that they observe. Breakfast, lunch, dinner - strictly by the hour.

There is no tumbling at all, this has been suppressed since childhood. And this is a national trait.

If a child is capricious and refuses to eat in order to stuff a spoonful of vegetable stew into it, they will not dance the lambada, but simply leave him hungry until dinner.

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Lunch is sacred. If for some reason an adult skipped lunch (which is extremely rare, since everyone is required to have lunch), he will wait for dinner. No afternoon snacks or snacks! What is considered the norm with us Russians, for example, a late lunch at 16.00 - the Frenchman will not even think of it.

The French eat a lot of vegetables and fresh lettuce leaves. Children from early childhood are taught to vegetables in the form of all kinds of casseroles. Interestingly, they eat radishes - the fruit is cut with a cross on the 4 part and a small piece of butter is inserted into it, then they are salted, pepper and eat. Or chopped sticks of carrots with hummus or eggplant caviar on a piece of bread.

Of course, the picture is spoiled by the increasingly entrenched fast food.

The adult generation is sounding the alarm about baby food, therefore, in schools, the compulsory curriculum includes a week of taste and lessons on nutrition. Once or twice a year, children are brought to a good restaurant where the cook tells how to cook, for example, chocolate fondue or artichoke salad, how the products are combined and how to eat them. This is done to preserve the traditions and culture of food. These visits are included in the state training program; parents do not pay for them.

Baguette is the head of everything

Speaking of bread. There is a concept of fresh baguette. Be sure to buy one every day, but fresh. It is a myth that the French eat croissants for breakfast ... they go on weekends.

Breakfast is generally specific. Usually it is toast and coffee. Moreover, the toast must be dipped in coffee, soaked and eaten. The French love to dunk ... even toast with butter. In general, breakfast is given to the enemy ... but they eat dinner themselves!

Civilization is a regulation

The French are eaten tastefully. And moderation. Taste is manifested in everything - table setting is required. Each hostess will certainly set the table even for the most ordinary dinner. And, of course, wine. It may be just a glass, but it will be drunk with pleasure!

If it happened, for example, just Friday and just a good mood, then they can open a bottle of champagne. Just. And call neighbors on apéro (an aperitif), plan all the same vegetable snacks (this does not require large investments, which is extremely important for a Frenchman not inclined to generosity!) And have fun spending an hour before dinner.

The guests will definitely leave in an hour. Because apéro is strictly the hour before dinner.

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The French do not get hung up on food in terms of the process of eating food. But for them it is imperative that they eat. They can spend hours discussing at dinner what each dish is made of, what ingredients and methods of preparation, and what they will cook for lunch tomorrow. For us, alas, it doesn’t matter what is, the main thing is to be full, to fill your stomach faster. The French women grown on a rattan with a Camembert are fundamentally not like us.

Sunday is very important for the French. Prepare for it with great care. Because relatives are invited, friends are dear people. Each hostess carefully thinks through the menu, wine, table setting. Sunday lunch time from 11.30 to 15.00.

What about dessert?

Dessert is a must! To him a special relationship. He is always waiting. And they eat everything. Both children and adults. A rare Frenchwoman will refuse dessert, if only as a last resort. Often a man prepares a romantic dinner for his lady, and, of course, a dessert becomes a token of dinner. But at the same time, no Frenchman would ever think of making a promenade to the refrigerator for a “cake” at one in the morning. This nation lacks tidying up completely.

The French also walk a lot. Going out for a walk is a common thing for them. Going to the gym will be preferred to jogging outdoors. Those who live in the south often go to the mountains. Many French women are fond of rowing, the latest innovations are gymnastics for the internal muscles and the chord of the body.

Having been born Russian, of course, we will not become a Frenchwoman by blood. But it was no accident that our aristocrats spoke French. So, here are some simple postulates of French life leading to harmony:

• build a diet;
• exclude nibbling;
• observe moderation in food - there is everything, but in small portions;
• eat these portions with pleasure;
• be physically active;
• be positive - smile, madame and monsieur!

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