Product Description

Fat is not the enemy!


Croissants. Brioche. Brie. To the American palate, these foods are fattening and oftentimes “forbidden.” Yet they are the regular staples of the French diet. And though almost half of all Americans are overweight, France’s obesity rate is at a low eight percent, while the French also boast fewer cases of stroke and heart disease. It’s clear that America’s obsession with low-fat and fat-free foods has ultimately failed.
In The Fat Fallacy, neuroscientist Will Clower explains precisely why the American diet sabotages weight-loss efforts and discusses how French eating habits can lead to better health and trimmer physiques. In this revolutionary work, Dr. Clower explains:

• How highly processed “fake foods” are the real culprit in the American diet
• Why it’s not just what you eat but how you eat that makes a difference
• Easy ways to adopt the habits of the French to melt the pounds away, including
complete dinner recipes—with dessert!

Finally, here’s a plan that cuts through the high-protein/low-fat debate. It’s not a gimmicky diet program but a way of life that will invite Americans to enjoy food like never before—while being healthier and trimmer than they ever could have imagined.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #286216 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-22
• Released on: 2003-04-22
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 7.97" h x .66" w x 5.16" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence and French Lessons
The most convincing answer I’ve ever seen, and reflects exactly my own experience of living, eating and drinking in France.

From the Author
After living in beautiful France for almost two years, everyone in my family (except the cats) lost weight. Then I came home to see, as if for the first time, all the bizarre food products and chemicals people consume to handle their weight and health. But an entire culture of people, 60 million of them, are not dieting, are not over weight, and eat the most delicious food in the world.

My point if view is very straightforward. If we do what they do, we'll get their results. I wrote The Fat Fallacy to tell the scientific why and wherefore of the French diet, but also to let us use their diet at a model so we can get their successful, sumptuous results.

The rapid popularity of this work, I think, reflects the refreshing simplicity that French people apply naturally to their lives. Americans are so weary of the draconian dietary measures and complicated calculations we've become used to. The solution is to take a step back, find a culture whose habits of healthy eating PRODUCE low weight, healthy hearts, and longer lives -- then just do that!

Thanks for trying The Fat Fallacy, and please let me know how you like it at willclower@fatfallacy.com!

From the Inside Flap
We know the French are thin. We know they eat exquisite foods, live longer than us, and yet don’t have our desperate troubles with weight and heart disease. The Fat Fallacy makes a very basic point: the same diet that keeps them thin can work for us just as well.

At the heart of this delightful, entertaining narrative is a core observation – fat free diets have failed us. Americans have dutifully followed this dietary dogma, only to see the obesity epidemic explode before our eyes.

In The Fat Fallacy, Dr. Clower explains why we need not be locked into the failing strategies of the fat free theories. He serves up a long overdue treat of common sense that reintroduces enjoyment and satisfaction as the very goal of eating. More importantly, he provides easy to follow, practical guidelines to apply the French diet in our hurried and harried American life.

· In clear, everyday language, he explains the swamp of nutritionist controversies, and the science behind the success of the sumptuous French diet.

· He equips us to apply the French diet to lose weight, reduce our risk of heart disease and, in the process, develop a better relationship with our food.

· The Fat Fallacy educates us on the importance of eating real foods, not Faux-Foods, and how to tell the difference.

· Dr. Clower offers delicious recipes tailored to the busy family. These include both elegant, easy-to-prepare weeknight meals as well as weekend cooking sprees that take a bit more time – but are well worth the wait.

· He encourages us to give the family meal the importance it deserves, and abandon the distractions that trivialize our food and lead to overeating.

This refreshing book makes the French diet accessible to everyone – no more counting calories, measuring portions, or popping magical diet pills. More to the heart of the matter, The Fat Fallacy diet is a joy to start and easy to maintain. The result is a healthier, thinner and more satisfying life for ourselves and our children. It is the last diet you’ll ever need.

Bon Appetit!!