Why French People Don't Get Fat: The REAL reasons!

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French diet secrets! Have you ever wondered why French people don't get fat? We've all heard the endless debates on why french women are so thin. Perhaps you're one of the millions of people asking:
- Is it true that French women don't diet?
- Why are French people so slim?
- Why don't French women get fat?
- Why are the French able to eat so much butter and cream and not get fat?
- How do French people stay slim without dieting or going to the gym?
- What is the typical French diet?
I attempt to answer these questions in this video and share some French health tips that explain why the French don't gain weight necessarily as easily as we do in other countries.
We hear a lot about the French woman diet that means that French women don't get fat but it's not just the women!! There are many people wondering why French women don't get fat but you rarely see French men with big beer guts either!
I explain in this video the approach to food in France which makes all the difference.
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@metalblind95 6 жыл бұрын

And then... raclette.

@xtof1er 6 жыл бұрын

yep raclette's season just starts!!!

@user-qm2yo3cc4x 6 жыл бұрын

What is Wanted Fondue and Tartiflette

@audreygont4478 6 жыл бұрын

pas faux, c'est au moins 1x par semaine en ce moment. C'est tellement sans prise de tête "à préparer"

@Madeleinewave 6 жыл бұрын

The words raclette and moderation do not work with French people 😂😂

@metalblind95 6 жыл бұрын

Moderation + Raclette = syntax error

@noemieb8167 6 жыл бұрын

I’m french and I went in USA and the portions Of food are everything oversise when we compared with France

@61romeo 4 жыл бұрын

pareil j'ai pété un plomb moi aussi

@ziplay2477 4 жыл бұрын

En france tu manges 1 pizza, au états unis tu manges une part, c'est un truc de ouf, tu dois prendre tout en portions enfant

@WarriorJournals 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from the USA, and I used to live in Paris. You're definitely right. All of our US portions are grossly oversized plus watered down and filled with fake ingredients. Food in France is such a higher quality and richly flavored. Quality over quantity lifestyle. Give me that! 😄 The US is the opposite.

@dotexe6415 4 жыл бұрын

My dad eats a lot. He can finish the giant restaurant Main Courses that we have in Australia. But he went to America and said they were like twice as big as the biggest, almost all of the time.

@gojiman5213 4 жыл бұрын

Je suis trop d'accord tout est démesuré chez eux 😄

@margot2001 4 жыл бұрын

"If you are what you eat, so don’t be fast, cheap, easy or fake »…

@lizamartin4705 4 жыл бұрын

I love this!!!

@namegoesfirstthenlastname1785 3 жыл бұрын

This

@navonlucie970 5 жыл бұрын

In French we have an expression, who say: For the breakfast eat like a king, for the meal eat like prince, and for the dinner eat like a poor. So when we said"like a poor" it's for explain to don't huggely eatting🙂 In french: Pour le petit déjeuner mange comme un roi, pour le repas mange comme un prince, et pour le dinner mange comme un pauvre.

@axelferis 4 жыл бұрын

Navon Lucie je connaissais pas cette expression mais c’est un bon résumé! Le breakfast c’est sacré chez moi 😛

@suzymv6946 4 жыл бұрын

Except in France we eat much more in the evening than for lunch or breakfast (many people skip it or just have a coffee ). So this is definitely not one of our secrets ;)

@MsErikdeking 4 жыл бұрын

Navon lucie, on dit la meme chose aux pays bas mais pourtant je ne suis pas mince

@HolandaChiquita 4 жыл бұрын

Seems like a good idea. Where I'm from (Netherlands/Pays Bas) people have quite a "sugary" breakfast, small lunch and simple but a full plate of dinner. Or you have a big lunch and a very small dinner. So we eat our dinner a lot earlier (17.00).

@NAGA222 4 жыл бұрын

THAT says pas : who say In French, we have an expression that says : etc.

@soulfulvoices2341 4 жыл бұрын

We are teached to drink water more than sodas. You rarely see someone with his soda cup drinking in the car or the streets. Water, water, water ;)

@genstudio7859 4 жыл бұрын

Or wine. A french army colonel explained me how disastrous the forbidding of wine was : sodas or water was not a great idea. Sans dec pas de vin

@Jleigh225 4 жыл бұрын

Soulful Voices I haven’t ever drank soda and I’m overweight and eat whole grains instead of processed and I don’t have a sweet tooth. It’s frustrating.

@bre5528 4 жыл бұрын

Have you had your Thyroid checked.

@MisterGame68 4 жыл бұрын

I mean .... water taste good ....

@jaimeleschats5543 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jleigh225 not only the sodas make people fat.

@lucientheoleyre1249 5 жыл бұрын

1 - We eat real food 2 - We don’t eat at any time 3 - We don’t take our cars to make only 1 mile These are the simple fact that separate France from the USA

@jarrokoartwork7164 4 жыл бұрын

Not just France, but whole Europe, I would say

@el-poncho5235 4 жыл бұрын

@chris brown because of more and more american influences

@daijirokatoh3769 4 жыл бұрын

@chris brown don't worry we still have a good margin compared to you

@daijirokatoh3769 4 жыл бұрын

@@aliceshaw8265 wrong you are fatter and dumber

@daijirokatoh3769 4 жыл бұрын

@@aliceshaw8265 why would people expect aid from the US? You are not even helping your own people, don't you remember Puerto Rico? You must have a very short term memory

@croulantroulant3082 5 жыл бұрын

Here's a culture shock: I rented an airbnb in London with my family and we were shocked to see there was no dining table in a big flat (2 bedrooms and living room). I guess they eat on their knees in front of the telly. To a French person, it's just unbelievable, having no dinner table! It's almost like having no bed.........

@Oyuki-Mayonesa 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t have a large table and I eat standing up at the counter or sometimes standing with no counter at all!! Ur comment is making me rethink my lifestyle! 😳

@mayagame 2 жыл бұрын

to polish the same, not only a french thing! ;)

@vanilaoryza 6 жыл бұрын

Most of USA lives in a car. Most of europeans walk.

@KristynaStefanova 5 жыл бұрын

vanilaoryza Unfortunately this have been changing in the last couple of years. A lot of Europeans are getting lazy.

@johndoe-wv3nu 5 жыл бұрын

Americans don't drive everywhere because their lazy. In some areas of the US you have to drive. Nothing is within walking distance. Another problem is the heat/cold. 100% humidity and 90 degrees or below zero, snow and ice all over, you won't be walking to far.

@vanilaoryza 5 жыл бұрын

@@johndoe-wv3nu yeah, unfortunately it seems there are no many walking areas

@rinpotatoalien759 5 жыл бұрын

That's so true xD but it's not due to laziness(or not) but to distances :,) I prefer walking so bad, but I don't want to go through US without a car (or plane x,D)

@sisterspooky 5 жыл бұрын

+vanilaoryza : As the other comments have stated... it’s not that vehicles are used because of laziness. It all boils down to driving distances. In the U.S. most things aren’t within a reasonable walking distance. If you’re wanting to get errands done, you cannot possibly walk everywhere. Too many places are spread out over a wide distance. In Europe many areas have ‘markets’ and ‘marketplaces’. It’s not difficult for them to walk from place to place, because they’re closer together. In the U.S., for example, just going from one store to another can be a 15-25 min drive. In some areas, it’s an hour or so to a store from a residential area. No one is going to walk that far and then have to carry the groceries, etc. back to their residence. Not to mention the incredibly inclement weather in some regions of the U.S. - there just is no true ‘equal’ in Europe. The U.S. has such a HUGE amount of land from coast to coast and border to boarder. You can tuck several of the countries in Europe into the U.S. with room left over. It’s just impossible to compare the two.

@skatchitoune2257 5 жыл бұрын

In France when we are with our family, sometimes lunches are 6 or 7 seven hours long you weren't totally right in the first point 😂

@skyzworks8729 4 жыл бұрын

J'ai horreur des repas qui dures des heures 😓

@brucemarsico6 4 жыл бұрын

Same with Italians. Eating well and drinking wine with meals is considered a necessary joy.It is not just France. I would venture to add that Italians eat better and drink the best winesin Europe.

@anapage5320 4 жыл бұрын

@@brucemarsico6 I'm french but my entire family is from sicilia and I xonfirm aha. I Guess it depends of the relationship that the people got with food. I mean in China for exemple they have another vision about WHY you are eating this in this way, in France and Italie it's probably different 😁

@brucemarsico6 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I don't know.....I would think that in China people there gather to eat and drinkand spend time with each other just like in France or Italia.What's the difference?

@anapage5320 4 жыл бұрын

@@brucemarsico6I mean that in China they have a kind of spiritual dimension about the food since... A very long time aha. I mean any kind of food is decided because of legends and "folklore" (idk if this word is correct in english), you gonna say to me "yes like any country" but I took China for exemple because it's very interesting. China is an old civilization, very ahead of its time in the domain of medicine, they have known differents way to cure different things very early, there were genious next to others civilizations (Europe for exemple). And by curing you got food working in this. and it's different not just about this, get some infos about how they eat you gonna see it's different then in France or in Italy. I mean any place in the word has differences, about culture, religion, lifestyle, and all of this is the result of years and years of history. Whatever what any place in the world can get through while centeries, all of this is leaving a imprint on the people now. So yeah, by all of this comment I think that all if this have a influence on the habits of anyplace in the world. Idk it's just my opinion

@marineamazouz457 5 жыл бұрын

to me one of the reasons is like you said we educate children about food very early . and not only at school ; i remember growing up hearing " you have the right to dislike it but you have the duty to try it". we start so early that even with baby food we try to have a big variety of diferent food so that growing up we beleve their taste buds will be used to more flavors (or at least i think it's why)

@Francesca42 5 жыл бұрын

Ann, I am in my 70's. When I was growing up we used to eat as a family at the dinner table every night. My parents served things that a lot of other kids didn't get like artichokes, avocados, eggplant and all kinds of vegetables that were not only not always available, but were also quite expensive back in those days. Because I married a man who only liked meat, potatoes, canned green beans and spinach this was not passed down to my children. My kids still don't eat many vegetables but they do love ethnic foods which I exposed them too after I was divorced.

@mchess6141 3 жыл бұрын

I always say to my children " you can't Say you dont like it if you dont try it. At 5or 6 years old m'y children eat oysters snails oignons Offals etc ..

@RandomJane104 6 жыл бұрын

I think cutting out the fat and adding sugar has been the downfall of the Western diet. I use to be hungry all the time. Since I've added half an avacado/day to my diet and cut out most processed foods and I'm not constantly hungry anymore and I don't crave sweets or salty snacks I haven't lost any weight but not being a slave to those hunger pains and cravings feels like a miracle.

@femmeNikita27 6 жыл бұрын

I think You are right. Fats are very good for the brain and neurons, as well as for our diet in general. Cutting them out of European diet might be reason why we have so many autism cases, ADHD cases in kids and Alzhaimer disease among elderly epople. But only recently science has discovered that fats are not to be blamed for obesity as much as white sugar and glucose-fructosis syrup should be. So keep eating avocado. Good amount is half of one per day per person.

@christopherrobindysart 5 жыл бұрын

Probably not the actual cause. We never cut down on fat in the United States. We have eaten more and more over the last few decades and only the ratio of fat to sugar has changed. We are eating more fat than ever.

@h1ghfructose682 5 жыл бұрын

Totally

@maltager5106 5 жыл бұрын

Sugar makes you feel hungry which makes you eat more fat. Eating fat alone doesn't make you fat, because you will stop when you are not hungry / full.

@Lypno 5 жыл бұрын

Me too with meat, butter and traditional French cuisine

@rosedesbois3172 5 жыл бұрын

For the American people, I have THE best French tip concerning eating well. COOK BY YOURSELF AT HOME. I always see American KZfaqrs taking fast food with their car and eating in it! That's really bad. Fast food is so greasy...you CAN'T eat that every day! She says in the video that we (French) religiously cook and eat at home every evening and that's true! Go to the grocery store, buy some chicken, veggies and pasta... prepare a mix of everything. Have a yogurt as a dessert and voilà! I find it very simple 😃. I'm 19 and I do that everyday.

@Pocketdekuwu 5 жыл бұрын

Rose Desbois i did this a few days ago ... I actually took my time at the grocery store ... bought some nice organic healthy options ... tons and tons of veggies and some fruits .... heck even got myself a wine(I dotn really drink but I figured what the heck ..) it will go well with my steak which I bought as well that day . I been cooking breakfast lunch and dinner , and eating at the table which I take my time to set up for me and my gf . It feels amazing . I never felt like this when eating . I truly enjoy my food as is not just a burger , but a salad and a plate of salmon with broccoli and garlic toast . It seems more balance more flavors yet smaller portions n less calories

@michelle-wr9oc 5 жыл бұрын

Rose Desbois I’m a Latina and Mexican always make their foods in their house. Since I live in US we go to fast food restaurants like every 1 or 2 weeks. But honestly I don’t like their food. I hate soda so I am always drinking water.

@cosmix02 5 жыл бұрын

Most families in America cook food at home. But for the parents who are at work constantly and dont have time they usually order food.

@penelopepitstop762 5 жыл бұрын

I'm American and I quit eating fast food and limited processed foods and guess what? I lost almost 20 pounds!

@albatrozspaceez1307 4 жыл бұрын

Ooh god🤝🤝

@slavmetal 6 жыл бұрын

The walking is a huge thing! While I lived in London, I lost so much weight because I was walking 2-3 hours daily. But it isn't just the physical aspect -- I think that when you live somewhere where there's always events going on and you're always out and about, you don't think about food as much as you do when you're sitting at home.

@kjaxky Жыл бұрын

And you're not inundated with ads and food toxic culture in some cities as you are in USA

@cb8663 6 жыл бұрын

I lost weight and ate everything when I vacationed in Paris. And learned to slow down and enjoy life. But living in the US, it's nothing but work and stress...

@Nayellschaine 5 жыл бұрын

Well. You think living un France is not work and stress ? You were on vacation ofc you were relaxed... *Sigh* living un France is not pleasant as you think.

@atomashubblez70 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, just not in Paris. I live in Caen in Normandy which is mostly made of students and I often hook up with them even if I'm not a student myself. And most, if not every, foreign student who just landed hear tokd me that everything and everyone seemed to be slower there and that's true. That's not evident for us French people but we take our time compared to other western countries.

@NavissEtpmocia 5 жыл бұрын

I agree with what have been said. I come from Nantes, in the West. When I was in high school I dreamt of studying in Paris despite my mother saying "you really shouldn't, Paris is hard life". I worked 2 month there during the holidays, and I got what she said. Paris is lonely. Is grey. Is stressful. People are lonely and grey and stressed so they get angry, irritable, and yes, rude. I'm very glad I didn't studied there at the end. Some people really enjoy living in Paris and that's great for them! But that really isn't a life for everyone.

@Ganlix 5 жыл бұрын

@@NavissEtpmocia T'as totalement raison. La femme de mon frère vient de Paris et elle est complètement stresse et "speed" alors que moi j'aime prendre mon temps. Ma famille me traite souvent de 2 de tense mais c'est juste que j'aime prendre mon temps.

@NavissEtpmocia 5 жыл бұрын

Voilà. C'est un mode de vie à part entière :o

@shetayed3339 5 жыл бұрын

Mdrr on dirait que les choses que l'on fait pour manger normale pour eux c'est un truc de ouf XD

@martel8936 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@andronikit.896 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@cyriellecandykookie1609 5 жыл бұрын

Je trouve aussi que c'est fou pour nous c'est normal ça coule de sens mais comme quoi les différentes cultures peut vraiment avoir un impact je sais qu'il y en avait un mais pas autemps

@40narco 4 жыл бұрын

@@omarsheriff51 le crétin tu n'était pas obligé on peu rester polie non?

@40narco 4 жыл бұрын

@@omarsheriff51 je voie que vous naver pat beaucou de vaucabulaire car à part insultai vous cavais faire quoi?? et là mon ortho vous vas ;p

@nurhesen 5 жыл бұрын

she :Why French people don't get fat me : ? she :Because they know when to stop me: (mind blown)

@sadaesashington7255 4 жыл бұрын

Nuru Hesenov 😂🤣

@MelC-td9bg 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget all the smoking.

@jeanmichelsaliere4643 6 жыл бұрын

it's really funny cause as a french guy i feel like you are overdoing it a little bit (my school as exemple was really bad about food when i was young) But then i went to australia and i got told "WHAAAAAT??? you never ate at KFC?? Is that even possible???" And i would just answer : Why would i go in a shitty fast food when i can eat with my grandparents? It's so much better!

@jeanmichelsaliere4643 6 жыл бұрын

oh and a last thing: when a girl tells you "oh, je fais juste un peu attention" Just... Don't believe her, it probably means "oh, i didn't eat for 3 weeks but don't wanna say it, yesterday, i just saw a kid passing by with a chocolate bar and almost went crazy and robbed him... "

@logobi1dancing 5 жыл бұрын

@@jeanmichelsaliere4643 c'est tellement ça 😂😂

@Theiwofficiel 5 жыл бұрын

Mais les gars on vit pas dans la même France les fast food ça fait des ravages chez moi T_T

@agisa123456789 5 жыл бұрын

I had never been in KFC until I was something like 17 years old ? And going to MacDonalds when I was a kid was soooo special. It really was when my parents were Incredibly Lazy and wouldnt cook. Yeah, I think we are kinda used to healthy food in France.

@stucumins8511 5 жыл бұрын

I’m 61 years old and have never eaten in a fast food outlet like KFC or MacDonald’s. When my children lived at home they were never given these foods. I’m Australian and always prefer fresh, healthy and natural foods and don’t have any of the weight and health problems many in my age group, and much younger have. I think it is all about nutritional education and example when we are children so our good habits last through the life.

@user-qm2yo3cc4x 6 жыл бұрын

Hi. I like what you do. I'm French and I actually living in USA for one year as an exchange student. You forget one point: French people judge a lot. (And I see in US they don't judge about that) So that push peoples to be skinny.

@user-qm2yo3cc4x 6 жыл бұрын

Not Even French Yes it's something I have see in USA nobody care about how you are dress or you shapes. That really cool! French people have to change about that.

@nataloushka12 6 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I agree oui je suis d accord in French the appearance is so much important and it is sad ... if you are looking good if you have got good clothes if you are very polite etccc they are very materialistic and I think there are the best in hypocrisy ( very polite but inside they do not care about you)

@nanouklezaf4273 6 жыл бұрын

We judge because we all have to pay for the health problems of fat people. Americans have obviously less this problem, especially now.

@justafrenchkidtryingtospea9462 6 жыл бұрын

Noémie americans are judgemental too. There is a lot of body shaming more than in france . Ca m'énerve ce genre de personne qui disent n'importe quoi

@user-qm2yo3cc4x 6 жыл бұрын

Well ok then ok

@dianecharamnac7005 5 жыл бұрын

Hi i am French and lived in Australia for 6 months and I gained weight, so I can tell you the problem is about hormones into the meat and chemical products on fruit and vegetables abroad :( In France the legislation is different and we eat a lot local and season food

@LisaSoulLevelHealing Жыл бұрын

Yes. I find it's the toxicity. It's expensive to rat toxin free food in the USA and it shows up in the waste line.

@ordinary1069 Жыл бұрын

Be blessed you weren’t born in the US. Everything is pumped full of GMO’s. I’m surprised my food hasn’t grown arms and legs yet. Once a year you might get a local farmer selling sweet corn or whatever, but 99% of the time you need to get in your car and drive your ass to fucking Walmart to buy disgusting ass food. Oh, I also don’t even live in a city or suburb. This is small town America for you.

@aidarsays 6 ай бұрын

The worst thing about French people is that they think we admire them. I don’t even like France and French, I don’t consider you land of cheese, your language is weird. Italians do absolutely everything better than you. From food to fashion, from cars to way of life. Please French people - get this - we don’t admire you, we don’t associates your country with love. The only good thing to come from France is Voltaire and Duma

@monicacall7532 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite part of eating in France is taking plenty of time to eat. The first time I went to France taking an hour or longer to eat took a bit of getting used to. Here in the US, even at nice restaurants, if you take an hour to eat you get dirty looks and possibly a verbal reminder from your server that other people are waiting for you to leave so that they can have your table. Once I got used to the longer meals I found so many benefits to eating this way. Not only are you able to appreciate the food (rather than inhale it while you’re on the run) but you have an opportunity to visit with your companions and enjoy their company. Good food and good companions bring about a wonderful state of relaxation and well being. When my family and I return home here to the US it is always such a shock to our senses to be thrown back into the world of fast food eating on the run.

@norwegianblue2017 2 жыл бұрын

If I am going to a nice restaurant in the US with friends, we take an hour and a half at an absolute minimum and don't get any dirty looks. Just space out how you order your food and drinks and never order your entree right away. I'm also a generous tipper unless I feel I am being rushed.

@PawFromTheBroons 6 жыл бұрын

One of the main factor for me, being a French for the last 50 years, is that we value cooking over processed food more. As a pleasure, as a way to express and share something with others and as a basic education growing up. Let's be real, cooking is downright easy if you've learned one or two basic things early in life. Less processed foods means less salt and sugar plus additives. Which in turn makes you more likely to be a bit trimmer. Growing up, my mom taught me a few very important lessons in life. First one is so elementary that it's a wonder it's not universal. If you want to eat like your mom cooked for you, learn to do it with her. There. Autonomous. The 2 main things she then taught me at 10 was, if you're at a loss and don't know what to do, boil some water for me or cook an onion. Because there are SOOOO much things you can do from there, that you've helped tremendously. Bonus tip was buying groceries. If you have a good ingredient, you usually don't need more than 2 to make something tasty. Cooking is super easy, if you consider that it starts when you shop. As a result, I'm a pretty good cook and I'm not even the only one in my age range. I guess, as French, that we've come to realise that the way you cook is also the way you eat. So there are not many compelling reasons to be harsh on ourselves. And there are recipes where you literally don't even cook, since you're only assembling a few ingredients. Feel free to experiment, we have a saying which goes like this, "what happens in the kitchen stays in the kitchen". If you fail on your first attempt, no need to advertise it on Facebook. I guess that's where we differ from Americans. Our saying is about how you cook, and the eventual fumbles you have before the food is on the table, whereas theirs is about Las Vegas. Priorities... 😁

@user-zv8ol7ux7e 6 жыл бұрын

I did not even realize how school conditioned us and how our way of eating was so particular!

@6slade 6 жыл бұрын

Je suis en Americain, et je pense vous avez de la chance ! Je loue les français pour son education alimentaire, et j'aspire à devinir un cuisiniere mieux. Donc, je vais apprendre faire le cuisine (et améliorerai mon français) dans France plus tard !

@charlotte8066 5 жыл бұрын

surtout qu'à la maternelle, on ne mangeait pas pendant une heure! Et on ne nous faisait pas un cours de nourriture en même temps.

@halimaa213 5 жыл бұрын

I lost 4kgs in a week when I was in Paris because all I did was walking and plus food is hella expensive in Europe. 😂☺️

@thibaultpdlp2526 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah its because its real food

@lbrigh6 4 жыл бұрын

I lost weight in Italy... with the carbs and my cappuccinos and coffee with sugar, pizza, cornetto, etc... walk walk walk...medieval towns, stairs, hills... and the food was cooked from scratch. I went out to buy new pants to fly back to the US...

@MsClockworkrabbit 4 жыл бұрын

Food/crops in the US is vastly subsidized by the government to keep cost of food low compared to income. Before the 60's when they changed it, we spent About 17% of our income on food. Now we spend around 9%. Most of the developed world is in the 17-25% range. www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/food-prices-and-spending/#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20Americans%20spent%20an,from%20home%20(4.7%20percent).

@cepahreinholt8710 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget tips aren't mandatory in france. Waiters get a salary and don't live on tips.

@Julies_YT 3 жыл бұрын

@@thibaultpdlp2526 it's real food, so it shouldn't be so dang expensive

@issra1950 5 жыл бұрын

Je pensait que c’était normal d’avoir 1h pour manger je trouve sa même trop court et aussi l’entrée le plat principal le fromage et le dessert 😅

@zofiam90 5 жыл бұрын

@@charlottedlm5057 un sandwich, ou une salade, ou une soupe... il faut le voir pour le croire. J'ai découvert cela en travaillant en Amérique. Ils n'arrêtent même pas de travailler, ils sortent le sandwich devant l'ordi et continuent !!

@__nin13__89 5 жыл бұрын

La même 😹

@joriturpin4603 5 жыл бұрын

Oui, vous avez raison. Je suis américaine et je mange souvent à mon ordinateur. Je n'aime pas ça, mais c'est la culture içi.

@khloeby5288 5 жыл бұрын

Moi aussi mdrr

@Lovelyuntamed 4 жыл бұрын

Oui

@aissatadiallo7981 6 жыл бұрын

Btw. I am fat and french.

@dorcasdu 6 жыл бұрын

Same

@angelasan-martin8071 6 жыл бұрын

aissata diallo same

@shackletonify 6 жыл бұрын

Même chose

@apostroke 6 жыл бұрын

Same

@SorryIcantIhavebookclub 6 жыл бұрын

De toutes façons elle dit des trucs sans avoir fait une étude approfondie avec des preuves... elle présente juste un cliché datant des années 50!

@dimitridu43 6 жыл бұрын

Most of it is accurate. However, your forgot to mention that French people use to blame fat people and practice daily body shaming. That also helps...

@mimmiblu6138 5 жыл бұрын

same in Italy

@christianjambou8208 5 жыл бұрын

Being fat is unhealthy. Just like smoking.

@marcus21. 5 жыл бұрын

@Fermentum Mobile I keep getting told judging is bad and I am so lost. We must judge character and choices to figure out who people are. We judge everyday! If we don't judge and shame people, our people as a whole will go down hill and will be a joke. The U.S is already going down hill. Our people have no shame!

@lucasmuther5972 6 жыл бұрын

We, the French, have nearly 18,000 markets all over France in the 36,000 cities that exist so we buy fresh products that have just been produced.

@L00VEx3 6 жыл бұрын

+ We don't drink soda !

@liambrunner3026 5 жыл бұрын

I think she mentioned that but still a good reminder

@vicm.1499 4 жыл бұрын

Not true , soda is widely available and consumed in France .

@bnm0883 4 жыл бұрын

@@vicm.1499 No it's true, soda is very little consumed even as a drink in France.

@dougarnold7955 4 жыл бұрын

Soda is a huge dietary problem in the U.S. I'm at a decent body weight for a man at 54. I avoid sugary sodas and I think that helps a great deal. I drink black coffee or water. Occasionally I'll have zero calorie sodas, which I actually prefer over sugar ones but soda is by no means a regular habit.

@daijirokatoh3769 4 жыл бұрын

@@vicm.1499 This is not true, nobody is as intense with sodas than Americans, and the percentage of sugar is also higher in America, its like you guys are addicted to sugar

@juliabillaud1464 6 жыл бұрын

Ceci est absolument vrai pour la leçon 5 ,pour manger nous mettons d’abord une petite portion puis on se ressert si nous avons encore envi. Chez moi nous faisons ça pour ne pas gaspiller et souvent quand j’étais petite mes parents me disaient « il ne faut pas que tu laisses a manger dans ton assiette, il y a pleins de personnes qui n’ont pas toutes ces choses la ! » Et maintenant ca m’a énormément aidé vu qu’a chaque fin de repas il ne reste absolument rien dans mon assiette ! Tu as totalement réfléchis sur le sujet c’est très important car les étrangers pensent que les français sont minces car il font des régimes énormes etc alors que non ! Merci de ta compréhension sur le sujet 👏😊

@alyssia4426 5 жыл бұрын

Moi aussi je fais ça 😁

@lauradesmolin2453 5 жыл бұрын

Sauf que si tu n'as plus faim, bah ça sert à rien remplir ton estomac encore plus. Ton corps n'a pas besoin de ce que tu rajoutes en plus, donc va le stocker

@sandrines2878 5 жыл бұрын

@@lauradesmolin2453 oui tout à fait , si on a plus faim , on met le reste dans une petite boîte pour le lendemain , c'est cela qu'on m'a appris moi

@jofelux7359 5 жыл бұрын

Je travaille avec les français et j'ai remarqué que souvent ils nettoient même l'assiette avec un bout du pain, mais j'imagine que ça ne se fait pas dans un restaurant de lux n'est pas?

@sandrines2878 5 жыл бұрын

@@jofelux7359 je suis française et je le fait c'est vrai ça s'appelle saucer , je ne suis jamais aller dans un restaurant de luxe mais vu le prix je pense que je le ferais quand même pour ne pas en perdre une miette

@SallyLock103emeCaris 6 жыл бұрын

What I observed about alcohol in France from family and friends : it is shameful to get drunk to this extent because it means that you don't know your own limits, and you're forcing people to take care of you when they could have enjoyed their evening. It's seen as a very "childish" way to drink, or as a hint to indicate that you did not appreciate the evening, you were bored or something.

@quentinmartell1008 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's true... but it's better, isn't it ?

@harrietw7571 5 жыл бұрын

😂 Maybe they are all just highly functioning alcoholics.

@91yugo77 5 жыл бұрын

"enjoy their evening" do you mean be drunk and dont be able to walk ?

@Abcdefghij777 6 жыл бұрын

Wow literally everything you said applies to Italy as well :)

@mimmiblu6138 5 жыл бұрын

absolutely! Fat shaming is also huge in Italy.

@guiguijol 4 жыл бұрын

Italian is the second best food culture.

@stormbringer2840 3 жыл бұрын

Well France and Italy are close in culture so it isn't really surprising .

@vincentmikko5029 4 жыл бұрын

I’m Canadian and my diet is entirely in moderation. Fortunately, my mom taught me really early in life to be able to cook. From this early conditioning, I’ve learned to appreciate food that are made from the kitchen vs restaurants. I work a regular 9-5 job but always make sure to find the time to cook and be active.

@kittymachine3798 6 жыл бұрын

Main take away: Eat mindfully with pleasure and patience :) Sounds lovely!

@sherrycaraway5663 5 жыл бұрын

Every job I have had we only get a 30 minute lunch and must clock in and out so they know if you are even 1 minute late and are written up for it. In this 30 minutes you must eat, clean up, prepare it (microwave) take your bathroom break and be back in your seat in 30 minutes. There is not mindfully eating with pleasure and patience. I'm an American living in America

@Gigi-ns7iw 5 жыл бұрын

Kitty Machine I’m not able to do that in my school. We only got 19 minutes to eat for lunch.

@MoustachePrincess 6 жыл бұрын

When I was in France for 2 weeks, I ate a little bit of everything and I lost so so much weight.I think that the quality of French products is way better than the quality of products in Russia, where I live, even though we have no Gmo products

@alekseibarulin3511 5 жыл бұрын

GMO Products are better, improved products, nothing wrong with it. With gmo you can make products less fat, more proteine, more taste etc

@louisromero2320 5 жыл бұрын

Theres is nothing wrong with gmo crops. Just bullshit.

@THEARTURLIVE 4 жыл бұрын

GMO lead to cancer. It was proven on rats. Educate yourself folks!

@swagodaman6320 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck GMO

@swagodaman6320 4 жыл бұрын

GMO IS CANCER

@CaffeAddict 5 жыл бұрын

My sister lives in Paris. Her kids never drink sodas in their entire life. They look down on it. Now restaurateurs in the US should know entrée is appetizer, not main dish. This error shows in the menu at a lot of restaurants in the US.

@LeighandOllie 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was wondering what that 'entree and main' talk was about -- makes perfect sense!

@theanimalkeaper 4 жыл бұрын

Kb Calib yeah in simple terms (in my country) Appetizer is usually on the table before you order it’s usually olives or bread. Then it’s the starter which is a small portion of food then it’s the main course then the dessert

@Derry_Aire 4 жыл бұрын

I can't understand how American 'restauranteurs' who hire 'chefs' that might provide an 'a la carte' 'menu' which may have an 'omelette' on it or maybe some 'sautéed' vegetables, don't know the true meaning of the French word entrée when used in relation to 'cuisine'. Bon appétit!

@beatricedubois7377 3 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of this type of content on KZfaq but the real value you could add actually being in France is to show the things they’re eating, filming the meals to show each course, portion sizes, etc. And do this for various occasions like weekday meals, get togethers, parties, quick grabs, etc.

@gordon2988 6 жыл бұрын

I'm from Lyon, I don't believe I have eaten at McDonalds more than 5 times in my entire life while living here. However after moving to China and specifically Sichuan province and being sick of the oily and greasy food popular there I must have eaten close to a hundred times at McDonalds over a few years....affected my physical and psychological condition big time. When I went back to France people always asked me why the hell am I eating so fast.....In France eating lunch used to be an enjoyable experience where you could simply relax, I have completely lost that habit abroad unfortunately. :( I'm am trying to re-educate myself haha

@Asyma88 5 жыл бұрын

Gordon I had the same experience while living in China, Guangzhou. Food is extremely oily. Probably you’ve seen a salads.... it’s fried vegetables with tons of oil on top. Those 2 pieces of cucumbers just float in the plate of oil. I hated food in China. So I had to eat in McDonald’s and KFC most of the time

@WestAucklandRhymes 5 жыл бұрын

And yet chinese people arent fat. You could have gone to the supermarket in china and made your own food you like to eat. Dont blame living in a foreign culture for your own bad food choices.

@carriepatino1061 5 жыл бұрын

I am an American and loved the food in France, but I have a lot to learn. The food I had in Beijing was pretty bad, Shanghai was a little better but there was only one Asian dish during my 3 weeks there that I liked at all. Kind of an almond chicken in anise, it was a hot dish and I ate 3 portions😱 couldn't get enough and would love THAT recipe. I cook a lot of French food at home!

@brandonburrell8517 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't Lyon the capital of food?

@valerioborghese2916 2 жыл бұрын

The same happened to me, and I am Italian. God bless France, Italy, Spain and Greece, our Mediterranean diet and our love for homemade fresh food is a blessing to our lifestyle.

@mathpr 6 жыл бұрын

That was a very interesting analysis (even for me as french): Thanks for sharing it!

@nawangjinpa9471 6 жыл бұрын

I'm French, watched and learned about how the NON French eat and that was scary. Like, whaaat, you don't have a real lunch break in the offices? Hmm, I guess we know food and health are tow sides of one single thing, and right, when people make a comment about your plate, it's just to express their concern about your health. It's love, honey. Love for food and love for others.

@maryannlevy4786 6 жыл бұрын

Mathurin Prost i

@antoinec1097 6 жыл бұрын

As french we don't see those details anymore, it's what we've been told since we were kids. I know I have to take just a little bit of everything, take my time, eat just what I need (except for the raclette, obviously 😏), but I never ask myself why. I didn't even notice that before watching this video, so thank you 👌 Plus, now I know why I've been taking weight since I am in Canada, I just don't eat the same way than I do back home !

@michellebatzel5809 6 жыл бұрын

Food is better quality in France as well. I agree with you, I grew up eating this way.

@MoniqueElise1 5 жыл бұрын

Some of this is true...but what I’ve noticed is a lot of french women will sometimes just not even eat. I’ve witnessed this with several friends and co-workers over the last two years living here in Paris. For example, they will eat lunch, but then when it’s time for after work drinks (apero) they will literally “drink their dinner”...not even eat a meal in order to be able to drink what they want. I tried that once and became very sick...they were shocked. Also, I know many people who are chain smokers and do coke. Sorry to be blunt, but I have seen girls go snort in the bathroom and then come back and not eat a thing on their plate. That’s the real Paris diet lol

@brucemarsico6 4 жыл бұрын

Were they even beautiful to begin with?Looking at those models in the Paris fashion showsthey all look like a pen and pencil set. Too thin.Too emaciated. I guess it's not too much fun to live in France (especially a woman) if one puts on a few ounces through eating the fine cuisine. Oh, theshame of it all. Now you are fat, slovenly, NOT FRENCH!A most unhappy nation. I wouldn't want to live there, too judgmental,of everything. Italy is bad enough.

@messoussiahmed9910 2 жыл бұрын

we are 3 millions of jetstters or models ?? I think you need to open your eyes you eat in apero !!

@TheEnneite 6 жыл бұрын

That was interesting but kind of an iddylic version of our relation to food. Truth be told, what you discribed is rather the upper-class attitude toward food. High quality ingredients, organic cantine... Food in France is very much a class identifier : thin=wealthy, obese=poor, with a massive social stigma on overweight people. Cooking your own meals, shopping at the market, sourcing local seasonal products are more and more distinctive markers of a higher social standing and lifestyle. Fastfood, although more rich in sugar and fat, is less expensive and requires no inheritated knowledge of when things grow or how to prepare them.

@TheEnneite 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! It's not specific to France, it's a worldwide issue... The wealth gap is very much a health gap too.

@coralineduval5540 6 жыл бұрын

Je suis pas d’accord avec le fait que les fast food sont moins cher que d’aller acheter ses produits aux marché. Pour 1 repas chez mcdo, il faut compter minimum 10€, et on fait beaucoup avec 10€ au marché franchement ! Si tu compte comme ça pour un mois, tu en arrives pour 1 personne à 600€ euros de nourriture (2 repas par jours pendant 30 jours), et 1 personne pendant 1 mois arrive largement à se nourrir sainement en payant moins de 500€. Mais tu illustres quand même un bon point en reprenant ce stéréotype qu’on les familles moins riches de croire que cela coute plus cher de manger sain que de manger des plats tout préparés/fast food.

@TheEnneite 6 жыл бұрын

Je suis d'accord mais je ne parlais pas nécessairement du macdo mais plus du fastfood que l'on trouve au supermarché : chips, steack hachés avec 60% de viande, nuggets panés à mettre au micro-onde etc... Et je ne parle même pas des supermarchés discount où les économies de bout de ficelle sur la qualité sont la norme. Et la question du prix n'est pas la seule difficulté. Pour beaucoup de gens, si çà n'a pas été transmis dans la famille, qu'est-ce qu'on fait avec un chou cru, un poireau ou un potimarron? Il y a une forme de richesse héritée à savoir cuisiner des produits non-prétransformés.

@Untefelehrr 6 жыл бұрын

Etienne Ponnau D'accord, mais on peut se mettre d'accord sur le fait que les classes moyennes en général ont plutôt de bonnes habitudes alimentaires également. Ce n'est pas juste un truc de bourges. A moins que pour toi la classe moyenne ce soit déjà une classe très favorisée. Disons que ce qu'elle décrit dans la vidéo correspond a 70% de la population

@TheEnneite 6 жыл бұрын

Oui c'est vrai également pour les classes moyennes, en tout cas çà correspond à mon expérience de mon propre milieu. Mais je sais que dans mon entourage, essentiellement de classe moyenne, savoir cuisiner et choisir ses produits est considéré comme un élément qui les "connecte" aux valeurs et codes des couches sociales plus riches.

@AlisonMarchal 6 жыл бұрын

Très intéressante ta vidéo !!! En effet, on a cette culture du savoir manger ici en France :) J'aimerais cependant ajouter que lorsque tes amies te disent "je fais juste attention", en fait, c'est une façon de minimiser qu'elles se restreignent, que certaines ne mangent pas à leur faim, et que donc c'est normal. Ici en France, certaines femmes sont anorexiques, mais c'est presque admis (tant que tu n'es pas trop maigre et que les gens ne commencent pas à te faire des remarques sur ta maigreur). Il y a une vraie obsession en France concernant le corps, je connais très peu de femmes de mon entourage qui se sentent bien dans leur peau et qui ne se trouvent pas grosses en fait. Une sorte de pression de la minceur. Quand je perds du poids tout le monde me dit "waaa tu as perdu du poids, ça te va bien!!". Ou alors "ohh tu es trop maigre". On juge l'autre par rapport à son apparence beaucoup ici et on le lui dit ! Mais merci d'avoir souligner tout ces points positifs ! On ne s'en rend plus compte lorsque c'est notre quotidien ;)

@hattywillmoth1432 6 жыл бұрын

C'est vraiment intéressant qu'est-ce que tu as dit! En Angleterre, mon pays, on a cette pression mais aussi un taux d'obésité très haut. On a la pression d'être mince et on célèbre si on perds du poids comme tu as dit. Cependant, on a une mentalité plutôt américain avec la nourriture. C'est moins extrême, mais notre relation avec la nourriture encourage beaucoup de sucre et beurre - et on mange souvent beaucoup et vite. C'est mon avis. Je pense que c'est intéressant Aussi, oui, on boit trop

@AlisonMarchal 6 жыл бұрын

Le taux d'obésité vient peut être en effet des produits manger, de la façon de le faire aussi ! En France, manger de qualité est assez culturel comme le souligne la vidéo, et je pense que c'est pour cela qu'en effet il n'y a pas trop d'obèse chez nous, en tout cas moins que chez toi peut être. Cette pression de la minceur existe surement dans de nombreux pays, ça serait intéressant d'en faire une étude ;) Par rapport à l'alcool, moi qui vit en Bretagne (et non à Paris), j'observe une relation à l'alcool vraiment différente. En Bretagne on aime boire et on boit beaucoup. C'est aussi culturel en fait... Peut être connais tu la France, mais je trouve aussi intéressant de souligné qu'à Paris, il y a des spécificités qui ne se retrouvent pas forcément ailleurs. Après, pour avoir vécu en Irlande, c'est vrai que l'on boit beaucoup ! :) Je trouve ça très chouette de pouvoir parler de nos habitudes, pour que l'on puisse rechoisir ce que l'on souhaite vivre en fait. Ne pas se laisser happer par nos conventions sociales et familiales :)

@hattywillmoth1432 6 жыл бұрын

+Alison Marchal je suis d'accord! Personnellement, j'ai vu les problèmes de boire en Angleterre donc je ne bois que rarement. Aussi, comme toutes choses en Angleterre, il y a un lien avec la classe sociale qui peut-être n'existe pas en France et dans des autres pays. Et c'est vrai qu'en Irlande ils boivent beaucoup, mais je pense que c'est plus santé qu'en Angleterre. Ici, les jeunes commence à boire quand ils ont 14, 15 ans et, comme elle a dit dans cette vidéo, quand on boit, en général, on boit jusqu'à on ne peut pas marcher, ou parler, ou rien. Aussi, oui, la nourriture qu'on mange est plutôt artificielle ici Tu as raison en disant que c'est bon de discuter nos expériences dans nos pays! C'est santé de réfléchir et apprendre des expériences des autres :)

@89DoraH 6 жыл бұрын

Alison Marchal hello! je suis d accord avec tout ce que tu dis SAUF le fait que l anorexie est presque normale et acceptée... c'est faux. L'anorexie est une maladie, il faut avoir un certain nombres de critères pour être anorexique, et une dysmorphophobie (le fait de se voir plus grosse qu'on ne l'est) isolée ne suffit pas à qualifier quelqu'un d'anorexique. Et oui, effectivement, certaines personnes ont une tendance à la restriction alimentaire, et ce n'est généralement pas une bonne chose. Mais pas forcément une anorexie pour autant. Juste pour éclaircir et utiliser les termes médicaux à juste titre. ne pas utiliser des mots comme "anorexique" et "presque normal" dans la même phrase ;)

@AlisonMarchal 6 жыл бұрын

Salut Dorah ! En fait pour moi, il y a différents degrés d'anorexie, et avant d'atteindre le stade morbide, je n'ai pas l'impression que la société s'inquiète de te voir maigrir, là était plutôt ma remarque : Sur les podiums, beaucoup de modèles relatent le fait qu'on leur conseille de se priver. Ce qui veut dire que derrière le monde de la mode, il y a des milliers de personnes qui sont ok avec le fait qu'elles se privent de manger pour rentrer dans une taille 32. Alors, elles ne disent pas "on est ok"avec l'anorexie, mais elles voient, elles encouragent... pour moi elles cautionnent. Je pense aussi aux couvertures de magazines et toutes ces personnes qui retouchent les femmes pour qu'elles paraissent plus maigres. Je pense aussi à tout ce qui tourne autour du régime... Notre société encourage vivement la minceur et le lien avec le nombre de personnes souffrant d''anorexie en Occident est selon moi criant. Bien sur que toutes les femmes qui contrôlent ce qu'elles mangent ne sont pas anorexiques. Cependant, une des cause principale de l'anorexie est le fait de vouloir rentrer dans un certain standard de beauté. Je lis en ce moment "Anorexie et boulimie" de Richard A. Gordon. Il existe bien sur d'autres facteurs mais celui là est assez majeur. Mais tu as raison, j'ai usé d'un raccourcis quand j'ai dit qu'"Ici en France, certaines femmes sont anorexiques, mais c'est presque admis (tant que tu n'es pas trop maigre et que les gens ne commencent pas à te faire des remarques sur ta maigreur)" !! Heureusement que le corps médical se préoccupe de cette maladie et prends les choses en main lorsque cela est nécessaire.

@Karenshow 6 жыл бұрын

Everything is far away, people walk everywhere (Paris). People walk and walk and walk. There is the secret.

@sherrycaraway5663 5 жыл бұрын

I live in Arizona where half the hear it's between 105 degrees to 120 degrees. You won't do much leisurely walking here.

@cellan67 5 жыл бұрын

@@sherrycaraway5663 It is not leisurely walking: In Paris most people don't have a car, or don't use it within the city. So you walk to go to places, or to get the public transport. Also when it is hot or cold outside. And it really helps being fit!

@asdemona 5 жыл бұрын

nope you are just stupid to don't take bus,metro,bicycle,taxi who uber. and a metro ticket cost 1euro and 50 cents. i am french and trust me if you keep attantion you move easily.

@MoniqueElise1 5 жыл бұрын

I live in Paris and walk literally everywhere. Has not made any difference for me other than toning my legs. I have gained weight moving here because the food is delicious.

@anastasia10017 5 жыл бұрын

you obviously have never lived in NYC. New Yorkers walk everywhere all the time.

@susannahfox7188 4 жыл бұрын

One thing that really stood out for me when visiting France in 2017 was going to the French version of WalMart (Montauban) and seeing aisles and aisles of cheese and ham! But even this is much healthier than what you would find in an actual WalMart in the USA.

@cjulia5734 6 жыл бұрын

Quick comment. The obesity rate in France is 17% but the most recent estimates (released this summer) show that it has not risen in the past decade, contrarily to other western countries. We are also one of the first countries to have implemented a public health program on nutrition and have quite an aggressive approach. The canteen for children for example are regulated and have to conform to nutritional standards. However social inequalities in health are also very high, and typically obesity rates are higher in low income groups

@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140 6 жыл бұрын

Most of these points aren't uniquely French by the way. I think most Europeans do this. I know we do in the Netherlands. I laughed at the 'kids eat with metal cutlery here' bit. Of course they do.. American kids don't? I've never in my entire live seen a child injure itself with normal cutlery. In fact, when I was 4-5 I would help my mother in the kitchen and that included cutting veggies. Of course under my mother's supervision, but still. Yeah, you might cut your finger at some point. But so what? Kids hurt themselves all the time. A little cut or scrape isn't a big deal. It's how you learn you're not made of glass.

@ladyi7609 6 жыл бұрын

I went to a small Catholic grade school in the U.S. and we used regular metal utensils when eating our school lunch. I also remember helping my parents out in the kitchen when I was around 7 - 8 years old by cutting vegetables and peeling potatoes, and we ate really healthfully at home because my mom was a diet-controlled diabetic. I do remember drinking soda at home, but it was all sugar-free stuff such as TaB and Diet Coke, and at school we only had milk to drink with our meals. Oddly enough, I gained a lot of weight once I went off to university because my diet was TOO controlled as a kid and I went wild with all sorts of fried and sweet foods I was forbidden when I was younger. I'm starting to work my way back to the way I ate when I was a child, though.

@HeathHop 6 жыл бұрын

Kids do eat with metal cutlery in the U.S. I did, and all of my friends' kids do. But the school lunches are served with plastic cutlery usually. That being said, school lunches in the U.S. are terrible. Many kids just bring their own lunch from home, but that's another story.

@ansh0133 5 жыл бұрын

Americans seem to want to wrap everything in cotton wool. They're extremely precious and are scared to fail.

@0114855 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think we are the same in the Netherlands at all. Lunch breaks are short, many people skip them. At school it's normal to have to go from one building to another during lunch break. We don't have school lunches, hardly any food education... Many people eat junk food, we drink a lot, people treat fizzy drinks like they're for quenching thirst instead of as the liquid candy they are, people are eating outside while walking, and everyone is obsessed with dieting and light products. It's pretty much the complete opposite of what she said, in my experience.

@darmok3171 5 жыл бұрын

I was lucky to have a family with some ceremony to our meals. Once I moved out on my own, I had a hard time eating healthily despite my parents' insistence that I learn to cook.

@athenaiszerbonia929 5 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this vide!! i am a french girl expat' in romania and I can say that you targeted the REAL important points of our cuisine and food culture. I am amazed to see how you analyzed our habits and life style =) And I am glad you seems to like it ;) Welcome in the population haha =)

@Goldenrose838 5 жыл бұрын

To be honest, when I really moderated my diet I was over 150lb. And would never go down in weight. I hated it. But when I started just eating a little bit of everything, eating breakfast with my family, making desert as a treat, I lost a good 25 to 30 lbs within 4 months. Now I'm maintaining a good weight and began being more active just because I could.

@schaulet8713 6 жыл бұрын

As a french woman, I have to say (and all your videos about your point of view on France / french people are really smart by the way) that, yes, we do have a real education about food : the diversity is right, the time we take to eat at a table is right... We do really care about having good products in our plates. And what you say about the size of the portions is so true... I will always remember when I was 16, my parents took me on a trip in America (west coast) and we went to a "restaurant" where the choice was between a burger or a burger... and sodas as drinks. Well, I ordered a cheesburger and a coke, small size (if possible) : the cheesburger was twice the size we could find in France and the small coke was almost one liter ??? And we had to pay to get water ('cause it's mineral water) : in France, you can have (good) tap water for free and it's just normal : it's written in the french law > any restaurant has to serve you free tap water for a good reason : it's an human being basic right to get free water anywhere. And about our pastries :) Yes we have a lot of choices in our "boulangeries / pâtisseries" but we don't eat one of them everyday, let's say it's the "sunday pleasure" ;)

@Darkemy 6 жыл бұрын

Im from chile (latin american country, very americanized, a lot of fast food and obese people) and I lived in the south of france for 6 months and every day I was shock, like really shock that there were very few obese people. Specially children, in chile we have 70% of overweight children so I undersand that some french people in the comments say that there is a problem and its growing and I think its good that you notice before you have a serious problem like we do. I also notice almost no children food commercials in TV like here. And everybody drinks water and there were few fast food restaurants. I went to Mcdonalds once and I ordered the big combo and the fries and soda were so much smaller (like a medium here). The food in the supermarket was very good quality for example a lot of different cheese. Here we have yellow american greassy cheese and others that are so much expensive. And i could write a million examples but its the same point. I hope you keep like that and if you travel to south america (or the US) you are going to see how the real problem looks

@Pentax67 6 жыл бұрын

Emilia Zambrano wow thank you for your opinion! I’m from France and I have some friends from Chile. In fact they have a little weight but I do like chubby women, I feel they are really beautiful lol. But that’s personal . Yes in fact McDonald and ect are way smaller than in US. More and more restaurant reduce portion in restaurant because a lot of people can’t finish and there is a major campaign about wasting food .

@konnytaps 5 жыл бұрын

No creo que sea porque Chile está "americanizado" tenemos ferias libres y frutas, verduras, carnes y pescados de mejor calidad que aquí en Francia. El problema es que los Chilenos no sabemos comer, así de simple y a los papás no les preocupa. Somos flojos y ese es nuestro mayor problema.

@konnytaps 5 жыл бұрын

@Baptiste Henry J'ai parlé de viandes, de poissons et de légumes, jamais de fromage ou de la baguette ... Maintenant, dans les vins, j'ai mon doutes...

@staraqua4942 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I appreciate the time and effort you have spent researching this subject. Excellent video!! Thanks.

@minkiemonkey9 6 жыл бұрын

You summarized everything so beautifully :)

@rocknpirates456 6 жыл бұрын

I knew of a girl who went to France as a nanny and stayed with a family, she said she was starving the whole time, and she was a thin healthy girl, she said that the portions of food were tiny compared to ours and she would be hungry all the time... maybe we are just used to eating a lot

@emberm6720 6 жыл бұрын

rocknpirates this is so true. I stayed with my family in France for a week and STARVED. I ended up coming home skinnier and everyone was asking if I was sick.

@lornafarrelly7797 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly the same. Nearly starved to death! I was also shocked by the dessert that was had after every single meal! I still was starving because sweet food is not satisfying to me.

@redford4ever 5 жыл бұрын

If you're hungry and say it so you'll typically have more food. I assume those persons felt ashamed to do so.

@Lee_Marion 5 жыл бұрын

You obviously didn’t stay in my family ahah Impossible to get small portions as my mom would instantly pour another portion into your plate as soon as you finish the first one. 😂

@florianepernet7333 5 жыл бұрын

We eat little portions since we were kids so our stomac is tinier this is the reason why you starving when you were in France, but us, french people we don't :)

@Edward23409 6 жыл бұрын

We dont "Try to avoid GMO" GMO is just forbidden in France

@vicm.1499 4 жыл бұрын

Not true , we have gmos.

@vicm.1499 4 жыл бұрын

In 2012 , Stanford University did a comprehensive study on organic foods . Organic foods are not superior or safer when compared to conventional foods . Organic foods have less nutrients , less fructose , omega 6 , nitrates .Always , wash your produce to remove residues.

@WateryFire 4 жыл бұрын

Edward You do have the most pesticized food in Europe.

@cielomarcello 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this video, love your channel. It makes me feel nostalgic about living in Lyon. Thanks!

@juliec9011 5 жыл бұрын

Hi , I am a french girl living in Auckland and all you say is so true ! I glad someone is interested in the french culture and makes videos about it :) btw, I love your accent !

@pascaa06 6 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with everything you say... I am French and I have now been living in the UK for about 2 years, not only did I put on a lot of weight but I also really struggle to loose it - lunch breaks are too short, lots of drinking and bad access to good quality food in the UK

@Samchocolate11 6 жыл бұрын

Pascaline B The uk could learn a lot from France and especially Italy in that regard (fruits and veg are so cheap in Italy)

@jannikthorsen3531 6 жыл бұрын

Britain and especially the US are the worst in regards to food culture. So many fast food restaurants and an abundance of fizzy sugary drinks. Its disgusting.

@Samchocolate11 6 жыл бұрын

Jannik Thorsen Yeah people drink fizzy drinks from such a young age here I don’t like the taste so I avoid them.

@alexlim6300 6 жыл бұрын

I'm canadian I ll tell you the difference between French and north American standards for food. We use industrialized vegetable oil which shouldn't exist. They eat saturated fat such as butter,cheese ,lard which satiated you. We eat empty calorie foods like soda, cereal, enriched white flour. They eat wholesome food Fruits, wine, and probably better wheat than we get.

@tiphaniedoucetoff 4 жыл бұрын

I am french living in USA ans I TOTALLY AGREE ON everything here!!! Well done

@KatsKettlebellDojo 4 жыл бұрын

Love this video! You have put in great research, and the simple way you present the reasons is very accessible, thank you so much!

@matthiasv7528 6 жыл бұрын

Alors y'a un point sur lequel je ne suis pas d'accord mais alors pas du tout ! Dire que manger moins souvent de fast food genre Mcdo c'est se "restreindre" a manger quelque chose de bon au niveau du goût c'est conneries. Je préfère largement manger quelque chose de cusiné maison avec des produits frais qui ont un vrai bon goût

@mronyxhd4201 6 жыл бұрын

matthias V c'est c3 qu'elle dit :) Elle dit que pour eux ça paraît restrictifs mais que vu que nous mangeons peut de fast-food depuis le plus jeune âge ce n'est pas restrictif pour nous

@mystolis1561 6 жыл бұрын

oui, les Fr voient les fast-food comme de la merde, qu ils s autorisent de temps en temps mais de la merde qd même xD J'ai pas aimé cette phrase non plus

@Irokz 6 жыл бұрын

Nan mais mec, fait en pas une généralité, ça c'est pour toi ^^

@motan7864 6 жыл бұрын

on est le pays d'europe avec le plus de fast food par habitant quand meme, ce qui tend a prouver qu'on consomme plus de fast food que les autres... néanmoins on considere les burgers comme un "écart de conduite" et effectivement, on considère le repas à la maison cuisiné comme la norme, ce qui a l'air d'être hallucinant pour les anglosaxons.... complètement tarés ces anglais moi j'vous dis !! xd

@TheElfedubois 6 жыл бұрын

C’est vrai que pour avoir pas mal discuter avec des américains et des anglais, ils sont souvent choqués que les enfants dans les cantines mangent des légumes, pour certains c’était même vu comme une sorte de punition... Pour eux les enfants devraient manger qu’une nourriture « bonnes » gustativement. Comme si les légumes étaient une nourriture d’adulte... Mais je crois que c’est culturel...

@Nicolethelinguaphile 6 жыл бұрын

I actually took notes during this video! I have always felt that going to the gym and dieting cannot be the way to stay in shape. I prefer a more natural approach. Recently, a lot of people have caught on to the fact that fat is not bad and if you have a healthy amount of good fats each day, this can curb your appetite and also help you to burn the bad fat in your body. I guess the French knew it all along!

@Sophal27 4 жыл бұрын

As a french man, I can confirm what you said. The most important point for me is we like to cook. Cuisine is really part of our culture. The the most you cook the less processed junk food you eat. Sadly obesity is increasing even in France, especially in poorer communities who tend to eat more junk food, soda and sugar.

@alyk4683 5 жыл бұрын

I try to take as long as possible for a lunch break. It’s so difficult when you only have 1/2 an hour to eat and 10-20 of that is spent actually Getting the food. 🙁

@lizamartin4705 4 жыл бұрын

Yeeeuuup. Sad reality.

@weak7897 6 жыл бұрын

"Oh, don't take too much salad, keep appetite for the main course :)" But not "Are you going to eat everything, big PIG ?" In general, there are two rules : 1. Never take more than the content of the dish devided by the number of people aroud the table 2. If other people help themselves before you do, look how much they took to have an idea of how much you can take. If you like the meal, you can re-help yourself after :)

@ellis1034 6 жыл бұрын

I feel like a big difference is that here we cook everything "from scratch". Like from American you always hear when they make something "from scratch" because it's a big deal....while here it's the norm

@o.lworldwide6313 5 жыл бұрын

“No plastic cutlery up in here” lmao love it !!!!

@Diana.DSWMinistries 5 жыл бұрын

They also smoke a lot and they walk everywhere instead of taking a car. The french food for the most part is high quality and freshly prepared instead of processed junk.

@cmolodiets 5 жыл бұрын

in cities they walk. Not that obvious in the countryside

@daijirokatoh3769 4 жыл бұрын

@@cmolodiets yes we cycle 😂

@cepahreinholt8710 3 жыл бұрын

27% in 2015 of french adult smoke but they don't smoke that much according to statistics.

@nevantelodie809 6 жыл бұрын

Super cool ta vidéo ! Ce qui nous permet aussi de ne pas grossir plus que ça est de manger varier et jamais la même chose pendant très longtemps ! De plus les aliments allégés sont vraiment à éviter car on en prends plus et au final niveau calorie ou sucre ou autre on en mange plus!

@kieranmccarty1604 5 жыл бұрын

I think the amount of walking that gets done in ordinary life makes a huge difference. I have noticed that when I make a point of walking several (2-5) miles a day, I drop weight at a rapid pace without doing much to consciously change my eating. Which suggests that I am prone to out-eat my caloric needs if I pursue a sedentary life, but it’s much easier for me to add a good walk than subtract a lot of food. And if your daily life includes unavoidable walking and other exercise (in a city in which cars are often a liability, or in the country where transit is not as available and your activities may be more physical, gardening, grounds-maintenance, even farming), you don’t even have to think about making time for “exercise”.

@rebeccahall556 2 жыл бұрын

It's true! I live in the country in Vermont USA and I have to force myself to walk in the winter because it's so cold and icy. But in the summer I spend so much time in the garden I don't have to worry as much about what I eat.

@Nanou197373 6 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, it's refreshing to hear others talk about my country of origin & the observations they make. And you're absolutely right about the drinking!! I never ever understand how the Brits can drink soooo much and pretty much all the time. I can't finish a pint and never buy alcohol here because it'd mean having to drink a whole bottle to myself at home, so I don't do it. I also think that the French are drinking together with some food: in the UK, it's drinking at the bar for hours and they may munch on a packet of crisps or peanuts but it's so different to having drinks with proper food instead of just plain drinking. Anyway, enjoy Paris life, and I look forward to your new videos

@SeanConneryPimpShlap 4 жыл бұрын

It's easy for the French to judge us and say "just don't eat bad food, you're being lazy!". But I think they should come here and see how difficult it can be to eat well. 1) We have tons of fast (poison) food around us everywhere. It is engineered to be as addictive as possible. Refined sugar has been proven as addictive as some drugs. 2) The sugar industry was caught paying off scientists to say it wasn't that bad, so we have added sugar in many of our foods, even in the supermarkets 3) Our portion sizes are large at restaurants, and there can be social pressure to eat everything on your plate 4) I don't remember receiving any education on nutrition in school, and many don't. School lunches were unhealthy foods Of course we're all responsible for our own actions. But you need to understand that it's much harder here to stay healthy. It's a crime that the sugar industry was allowed to add it to everything. We need stronger food regulations, especially with school lunches.

@acivilright 6 жыл бұрын

I love your calm and matter-of-fact demeanor. It makes your videos enjoyable, even the longer ones. Keep it up!

@sarahbenfdal2702 6 жыл бұрын

Cool video! I agree with everything (as a french person), except when you say that your peers comment the amount of food you take or eat: that's not normal or even a thing, it's actually very rude and very control freak. I would never dare say something like that and would be very surprised and pissed if someone made that comment. I have never heard someone allow themself to comment somebody's way to eat

@sntm87 5 жыл бұрын

Paris ≠ France

@dahlrussell 6 жыл бұрын

Really appreciated that the points were captioned throughout! Thank you.

@etiennelamole9565 6 жыл бұрын

Really good analyse! As I'm french, this just seems normal to mee! I would add something, a negative point. As very vew people are obese, it's harder for them to be accepted in school, because they are "different". Voilà!

@jessieafaratu 5 жыл бұрын

Etienne Lamole really?

@shaezbreizh86 4 жыл бұрын

@@jessieafaratu well yes and no , people with health trouble not so much (usualy they do a lot of effort and people notice it) but fatty kid that keep eating shit, drinking coca and who don't do any effort/sport yep

@cepahreinholt8710 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah kids are always assholes with people that don't look like them. (And I think they kinda feel it's unfair that they have to pay attention not eating too much cakes and candy and the little fat boy just seems to eat everything he want).

@johnsparegrave5996 4 жыл бұрын

Also taking your time, we are told from a very young age, teaches you satiety: you have enough time to no longer feel hungry.

@colettemallory3813 6 жыл бұрын

What a lovely, informative, and fascinating video! Thank you.

@archeris0 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your content. As French people who spent a full year in NZ, hearing you talk about what you feel is different in France helps us understand our own cultural shock in NZ 😉

@SprattyD 6 жыл бұрын

As a fat Aussie visiting France last year was a shock as I really felt fat! But in general the food seem to always be more fresh especially the breads, I noticed supermarkets had more sections dedicated to meats, fruits and vegetables and the processed stuff was less. Also the quicker foods are still freshly made and also I noticed soft drinks were sold in 500ml (50cl) vs 600ml (60cl) like back here so I imagine this plays into things as well. For how much I ate over there I was surprised I gained no weight.

@hjsimmer1742 6 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a video about what French meals look like. You mention, entree, main, etc. What do those involve?

@alix4543 6 жыл бұрын

Haley Reeves We don’t really always have an entree or a dessert... but usually, we eat that way : salad first as an entree, then the main meal ( pasta or whatever ) then the dessert ( fruit,cheese usually ). But you can have just the meal and the dessert ( I think most of the French have a sweet tooth, I know I can’t end a meal without my dessert ) or just the entree and the main then skip the dessert :)

@washizukanorico 5 жыл бұрын

Entrée : rillettes, ham and melon, pâté, salade, boiled eggs and mayonnaise, foie gras if you can afford it Main : fish or meat Dessert : cake fruit ice-cream I thought the whole western world got invaded by the French way of eating, you mean in USA/random ex British empire dominions you still eat only one course every meal like we used to in the Middle Ages? Come on guys’ when so close from a civilized nation it’s almost a crime not to copy their ways ;)

@ChachouLP 4 жыл бұрын

@@washizukanorico tu as oublié les légumes en plat c'est une obligation ;)

@bre5528 4 жыл бұрын

What about a Vegetarian meal? Not much of a fish eater either, but I'm curious to know what type of Vegetarian Meals they serve. Hoping to Visit Paris in the next year or two.

@cepahreinholt8710 3 жыл бұрын

@@bre5528 vegetarian diet isn't easy in france but managable. Vegan diet is almost impossible in some areas where butter cream and cheese are the main product.

@islandbirdw 5 жыл бұрын

I know I’m late to this party but I as a wellness nurse in America helping people recover from heart attacks and lose weight I’ve noticed what I call “mindless eating” which agrees with the idea of eating without any mindfulness. When working with goal setting and looking at adjustments in diet I ask people what their typical weekday diet consists of and noted people often have trouble recalling. I ask people to keep a food diary. It only works if you write EVERYTHING you eat for say 48-72 hours like a journal. Then no one else needs to read it but the act of realizing that your eating more than you thought really makes an impact. I have similar temperament myself to eat healthy and to be fortunate not to gain excess weight but I’ve been skinny most of my life until mid life and after 2 pregnancies. I wonder if the heart attack rates are lower in France?

@tryharderscrew5159 5 жыл бұрын

2 hours lunch ? Seems you never take a lunch with a rural family lmao. In my place, we can stay more than 6 hours on a lunch at week-end :) (and even while eating, we talk about food, we're great ecks dee)

@esthersam4580 4 жыл бұрын

Tryharders Crew elle parlait plutôt au boulot ! we usually take an hour to eat

@emmelinelerwen1127 4 жыл бұрын

Oh merde oui les repas de familles du week-end ou des fêtes qui commencent à 12h pour finir à 17h avec le café 😭😂

@luluuclvt1985 4 жыл бұрын

@@emmelinelerwen1127 ou pire ceux qui finissent juste avant l'apéro et donc 30 min après être sortis de table tu y retournes pour l'apéro et manger les restes du midi après 😂😂

@marineaubry 4 жыл бұрын

La vraie vie quoi 🥰

@DECOCCE 4 жыл бұрын

Drink water, avoid processed food, do some exercise, eat everything (vegetables, fruits, fish, meat,...), avoid to cook with too much oil, everything with chemicals should be banned, fat is way better than chemicals because your body needs some and can eliminate it, avoid all you can eat restaurants, go only to real restaurants where they cook raw products and the last but not the least buy a french cookbook.

@corydorastube 4 жыл бұрын

"everything with chemicals should be banned". What a stupid thing to say. H2O is water, NaCl is common salt, Sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHCO3 is bicarbonate of soda, Tartaric acid is C4H6O6, Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is C6H8O6. There NOTHING that you eat that is not a chemical. "real restaurants where they cook raw products". I did not know there were "fake" restaurants who cook cooked products, perhaps you can recommend one for me to try?

@safedreams6241 6 жыл бұрын

C’est vrai. C’est culturel. Mais de moins en moins vrai hélas! Les études récentes montrent que la part des personnes obèses augmente dangereusement en France. C’est l’américanisation de la France (junk food, soda, chips a toutes heures). Cela explique aussi pour cela que les Français se recentrent sur eux mêmes. on est agressé par des comportements nocifs d’autres sociétés. il faut prendre le meilleur des autres, pas leurs problèmes!

@thomasbereni7969 6 жыл бұрын

Christophe Heuzet non c'est faux tu deviens pas gros si tu mange mcdo dit pas des connerie à Paris ya pas de gros je sais pas où t'habite pour dire sa.

@safedreams6241 6 жыл бұрын

C est une règle universelle de nutrition. Mac do = nourriture ultra salée, mauvaises graisses, accompagnées de frites grasses et de sodas ultra sucrés. Il faut en manger à petite dose sinon risque d obésité. Or, y a de plus en plus de français à en abuser. Alors qu un bon jambon beurre avec un verre de vin est bien meilleur pour la santé. Restons français pour le meilleur. Mais tu es sans doute trop jeune. Tu comprendras mieux avec l âge les problèmes de poids ;)

@raph1111111 6 жыл бұрын

Alors la je suis totalement d'accord, les produits venant de la globalisation ne sont pas les meilleurs niveau nutrition ... Il est tellement facile de sucomber a la facilité et d'aller chercher un burger, ou simplement d'acheter un plat qu'il faut juste rechauffer, alors qu'il est largement meilleur pour le corps de cuisiner sois meme avec des alliments brut... Je pense que les changements dans la société et dans nos habitudes de consomation ont aussi un lien avec cela, de plus en plus de personnes n'ont plus le temps de cuisiner.

@s3lfFish 6 жыл бұрын

oui tout à fait d'accord, il faudrait bannir ces produit de l'oncle sam - meme si oui un burger de temps en temps c'est bon - mais déjà bannir les gros trucs dégueux et industriels, je vois pas le mal, on mangerais moins de merde, mais au moins ce serait authentique - y aussi ce nouveau truc des food truck, c'est vraiment chiant ces trucs et ça pue partout. Et malheuseusement la libéralisation de la france de plus en plus apporte aussi le corporatisme et le rythme d'usine avec des pauses courtes ou on bouffe n'importe quoi. tout le monde n'est pas cadre dans ce pays, tout le monde n'est pas riche non plus, ni salarié, etc etc..

@getd8556 6 жыл бұрын

Christophe Heuzet Les dernières enquêtes montrent que l'obésité n'augmente plus chez les plus jeunes, les campagnes sanitaires ont quand même porté leurs fruits.

@gcc8828 6 жыл бұрын

Well, honestly i'm surprised, I learned a lot of things about myself in this video (I'm French btw xD) and I didn't know that, we french people have this kind of differences with other countries ! For sure, not everybody has experienced the French Food Culture as you mentionned but yeah the idea is here when I think about what you are saying ^^. Oh and I forgot to say that you're doing some great job on this channel, I usually watch foreign people talking about other countries but watching someone pointing at the French Culture is really satisfying even if you like something or not. So yeah, thank you and continue your videos, they are great :D !

@thealorenz4533 5 жыл бұрын

I am half french half german and I had lived all my life in France but 3 years ago my family and I moved to Germany. And I can say there is much more choice and good products in French supermarkets then Germans. Also at school, in France he had 4 courses,everyday. In Germany we only have one. I REALLY miss the food 😔😔

@ivanitababic 5 жыл бұрын

True, the access of good products is so important! I grew up in Switzerland and live in France now, and i feel the same you did when you moved to Germany. I feel like the French products are really low quality compare to Swiss products, maybe because there's so many brands for just the same thing in France, and people are used to by cheap. In Switzerland it's much more about organic and local food, people usually go to little markets where you can find farm food. You don't have those big supermarkets like Géant Casino or Leclerc, they just don't exist! As you say about Germany, they definitely have very different culinary habits, especially the "mix it all" thing... i saw once a friend putting together her meal, salad and desert all together... that was hard to watch haha

@MsErikdeking 4 жыл бұрын

Vous avez raison! Le choix dans les supermarches en France est mieux qu'en allemagne! Pourtant les saucisses et la biere sont bonnes! Pour la cuisine suisse, bref, il y a la fondue, la raclette mais pas plus que ca

@lyndatregoweth3036 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your super helpful tips. 💛

@amygodward4472 6 жыл бұрын

I have lived in Southern France for a year now and I couldn't agree with you more! One thing I noticed that wasn't mentioned in your video is actually the lack of ready-meal / quick food options in the supermarkets! If you don't cook here - you don't eat. It's that simple. And even the options for eating out are generally limited to cafés (magret salade and a pâtisserie) or a proper restaurant. Also, they eat an abundance of fresh produce and often theme their meals around the food seasonally available. So, maybe potential 'cravings' are quickly answered with proper nutrition.

@christamillet3648 5 жыл бұрын

Here in La Vendée, supermarkets carry all kinds of ready-made meals and it's completely possible to never cook a homemade meal.

@ttango2653 6 жыл бұрын

you actually look healthier since living there, IMO. love the vlogs you share on the french lifestyle thanks !

@ledouble7337 6 жыл бұрын

I'm french, I totally agree with you even if I wouldn't have been able to be so exhaustive. Very smart vidéo, clever. Well done!

@BrusselsSouth 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Thanks for posting.

@heather368 6 жыл бұрын

I hate that kids menus exist. Its such a joke, absolute poison. "Oh but Timmy wont eat vegetables" Guess what, he will or go hungry.

@kannonjoshuartha9624 6 жыл бұрын

Heather Turner that's how you learn to eat everything and not only candy or anything you want. And then if you don't like it the next time we won't forced you. But she don't also said the majority of school have a self service with many ingredients so you can choose your own one ;)

@Native229 6 жыл бұрын

I wish American parents thought the same way as u. But again if a parent here was to do that. Americans would say it's child abuse.. I'm sick of they way most Americans are today..

@poewahl5003 6 жыл бұрын

I feel like the important point here is to at least try everything because you never know if you might like it or not, and it's also important for when you're older because you might be more open to trying new stuff (to eat obviously). And as a French I don't remember ever feeling forced to eat anything.

@SombreKelpie 6 жыл бұрын

it's not a joke to want to be responsible for the good health of his child

@Nykut7 6 жыл бұрын

Child abuse is stuffing your kid with soda 24/7 since he's born >_>

@souslocean778 6 жыл бұрын

C'est assez drôle de voir la culture et le mode de vie de son pays a travers le regard d'un étranger qui n'a pas eu toutes ces habitudes. C'est vrai que la France a vraiment une relation particulière a la nourriture mais ça se perd dans certaines régions malheureusement malheureusement. Pour ma part je tiens a conserver nos traditions car elles sont vraiment respectable et puis il est vrai qu'on voit bcp de gens minces en France donc ce n'est pas plus mal

@amandineseriset3248 6 жыл бұрын

Océane Dif cets vrai que sa fait très bizarre de voir comment les autres pays nous vois

@justinelouisor2733 6 жыл бұрын

oui mais les français sont pas tous minces...je veut dire les antilles sont françaises et pourtant on est plutot ronde ...je sais pas bref d'ailleurs ma mere ma dit qu'a une époque labas pour etre heureux fallais avoir du poid! je vois les femmes afrquaines qui ont du surpoid aussi dans mon quartier etc je dit pas c'est bien mais il y a un coté oublié elle aprle que de Paris je crois et meme a paris on a de tout x)

@infojr83 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, you perfectly covered every reason. Very true. Love your videos!

@danaschoen432 4 жыл бұрын

WHAT a nice video! This is a complete list of things we DON'T do here in the states and it shows. Thanks so much for doing these videos.

@celonie3553 6 жыл бұрын

I remember that when I was eating at the canteen in high school, someone made a comment about the quantity of food that my friend had in her plate. So I think it's also a "cultural thing" for women to be careful of what they eat. Having one hour to eat is not too much when you're at university, because the time to buy your sandwich at the bakery, wait your turn (at 12:30, there is 10 persons before you), go back and eat, well you've lost 30 minutes at least xD I live in Brittany and honestly, I love eating bread with butter or cheese, it doesn't help to lose weight xD But I've rarely drunk fizzy sodas during my childhood and still do not, so when I see my little cousins drink sodas (they're about 5 years old), I am almost shocked :D

@mastersnet18 6 жыл бұрын

Captain Moka I would have loved to have a whole hour to eat. I’ve never had that luxury. In elementary and middle school we had 30 minutes and in high school we only had 22 minutes to eat lunch. At my job now I have exactly 30 minutes for lunch.

@TailsMPrower 6 жыл бұрын

Soft drinks are a waste of calories. Give me a bloody cake with cream, caramel, chocolate or hazelnuts anyday! Soft drinks are boring! I have the same opinion towards biscuits.

@kirakira6981 6 жыл бұрын

I'm french and for a lot of these things, I thoought it was like this everywhere around the world ! ahahhah

@ElyBakouche 6 жыл бұрын

Love this, it’s all so true! I live in the US and often miss the ability to choose a meal that’s going to have a bit of everything (not a burger with fried or a tasteless salad). As an entrepreneur I can also say that I’m probably of the only people who take a full hour break among my friends and fellow entrepreneurs :)