Comments on: Wine v. Soda: A Perspective on the French Paradox http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/ anecdotes for the gourmet proletariat Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Maggie http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-919 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:22:11 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-919 Beau - true about the driving everywhere, that'll spread that ass fast. Jack - They are also 8oz, not 12 or more. And you should have seen all the chubby kids in Japan last time I was there! Brad - whoa. (sober) ms. proust - oh boy, oh boy! I'm going to go visit http://madeleine.typepad.com/ right now! Beau - true about the driving everywhere, that’ll spread that ass fast.

Jack - They are also 8oz, not 12 or more. And you should have seen all the chubby kids in Japan last time I was there!

Brad - whoa. (sober)

ms. proust - oh boy, oh boy! I’m going to go visit http://madeleine.typepad.com/ right now!

]]> by: ms.proust http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-917 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:34:57 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-917 Okay, so I'm hooked! I just started a weblog with urging from others but yours is infamous in the Seattle wine biz as being great shakes... Hope you & your book are alive & well in this odd year. Our friend Lily is blooming, right on! Bottoms ooup- Catherine (the Spantabulous) Okay, so I’m hooked! I just started a weblog with urging from others but yours is infamous in the Seattle wine biz as being great shakes… Hope you & your book are alive & well in this odd year.

Our friend Lily is blooming, right on!

Bottoms ooup- Catherine (the Spantabulous)

]]> by: Bradley http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-915 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:11:57 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-915 To get an idea how bad the obesity problem is: check this out. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/ If you're on dial-up you'll have time to wander over to the fridge and grab a Coke while it loads up. To get an idea how bad the obesity problem is: check this out. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/

If you’re on dial-up you’ll have time to wander over to the fridge and grab a Coke while it loads up.

]]> by: Jack http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-914 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:05:37 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-914 Hey, one other huge difference is that French Coke, Orangina, etc., doesn't have High Fructose Corn Syrup in it. (Our HFCS soft drinks are the #1 cause of obesity in America.) Also, the French are consuming more fast food every year, with their average weight increasing alarmingly. Hey, one other huge difference is that French Coke, Orangina, etc., doesn’t have High Fructose Corn Syrup in it. (Our HFCS soft drinks are the #1 cause of obesity in America.)

Also, the French are consuming more fast food every year, with their average weight increasing alarmingly.

]]> by: beau http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-911 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:25:36 +0000 http://www.wineoffensive.com/blog/the-gluttons-manifesto/wine-french-paradox/#comment-911 I watched "Supersize Me" a few nights ago. Aside from the obscene amount of calories in McBurgers & McChicknParts, I was floored by the sheer volume of soda people consume. Now I'm ont the sveltest suspect in the lineup, but if I were to drink 2-3 cans of full-calorie Coke per day, I'm sure I'd be adding another 10 to 20 Lbs on the scale. The French/New Yorker/Other Pedestrian friendly Big City paradox is this: More walking, more fresh food, less sugar water and less hyperprocessed food = less obsese people. I watched “Supersize Me” a few nights ago. Aside from the obscene amount of calories in McBurgers & McChicknParts, I was floored by the sheer volume of soda people consume.

Now I’m ont the sveltest suspect in the lineup, but if I were to drink 2-3 cans of full-calorie Coke per day, I’m sure I’d be adding another 10 to 20 Lbs on the scale.

The French/New Yorker/Other Pedestrian friendly Big City paradox is this: More walking, more fresh food, less sugar water and less hyperprocessed food = less obsese people.

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