The higher level of fat  in French diets is probably one reason why they don't
feel the need to snack between meals.  According to Dr. Atkins, the French eat
comparable amounts of meat and fish, four times the butter and twice as much
cheese as Americans.   They also eat one-fifth the amount of sugar we eat in the
U.S.

L'shalom,

Marishka

"C.B." wrote:

> I do
> think the "French Paradox" is an interesting issue for a few reasons - for
> one it seems to have stirred some mainstream debate, which is good. Another
> is that there's some vindication that low fat is not next to godliness.