As long as I can remember, there are a set of „rules“ we learn since we all were little kids.
Gathering info around me, I can resume them as the list below => French diet:
- The Meal template includes two servings of non-starchy vegetables, often raw (opening and concluding the main meal… Even in cafeterias)
- Every meal contains desert, a fruit or a yogurt (except for holiday meals)
- Dishes served in courses, rather than all at once
- Almost no industrially processed foods as daily fare (including cafeteria meals and quick lunch foods)
- High rate of home food prep => this one is huge, we do not eat out that often or hardly order delivery
- You don’t have to get the feeling of fullness to stop eating
- No coke or artificially sweetened beverages at meals! Water plus wine sometimes for adults
- Small plates
- Slow eating, around a table (Meals, including lunch last 1 hour even when you are working)
- The Dinner lighter than your lunch, your breakfast is not a huge feast aswell
- Strong cultural stigma against combining starches in same meal (like pasta and potatoes, or rice and bread)
- The fresh products are in season
- Eating is very social, almost every family eat alltogether around a table
- Low meat consumption
- Guilt-free acknowledgement that fat=flavor
- We eat in small portions
- We have a high social stigma for taking seconds, except holiday meals
- The variety of food is large (even school cafeteria meals include weird stuff)
- No food exclusions, everything can be enjoyed… but in moderation!
- General understanding that excess = bad news.
- Taking a walk after a meal with your family is very common (we call it „promenade digestive“ literally „digestive stroll“)
I am French and I noticed that people are wondering how we do not gain weight while eating bread and stuff. from loseit
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