Despite french people’s tendency to consume foods high in saturated fats, such as cheese, foie gras, butter and pastries; while also drinking copious amounts of bordeaux wines. With light to moderate wine consumption being linked to lower risk of chronic inflammation, heart disease and in rare cases lower risk of cancer possibly due to the anti – aging compound resveratrol.)
Resveratrol is the compound in the grape skin that is extracted and acclaimed for longevity. Which also being an antioxidant protecting the body from the ravages of free radicals that destroy the body and lowers immunity. Focusing on the sirtuin gene which is usually inactive, however, when activated, Dr. David Sinclair of Harvard feels it extends life.
Also it’s a belief: that the french paradox is a variation of the ketogenic diet, that is a medicine used primarily to treat the difficult – to – control children who have refractory epilepsy seizures. The diet with it’s high fat content, adequate protein sources, low – carb0hydrates mimics aspects of forcing the body into starvation burning fats rather than carbohydrates.
Burning fat is a much slower process than burning carbohydrates, which therefore doesn’t make it a good diet to combine with exercise or sports. This Dukan Diet, known as the Warrior diet, originated in France by a french doctor Dr. Pierre Dukan. Although promoting his diet for over 30 years and gaining popularity after publication of his book The Dukan Diet.
While being released in 2000, and having sold more than 10 million copies globally; being released in the United Kingdom in may 2012, and released in the United States in April 2011. Some of the aspect worth looking at is the cheese in the french diet may be the reason for the lower cardiovascular mortality rates. A study published in the journal ~ Medical Hypotheses does examine the possibility that fermentation ~ processes peptides that inhibit enzymes controlling blood pressure and reduce inflammatory markers.
While the adequate protein in the diet provides the enzymes needed to carry out most of the reactions involved in metabolism, as well as, also manipulating DNA in processes such as DNA replications, DNA repair and transcription. Some enzymes also act upon other proteins to add or remove chemical groups in a process known as post translation modification. About 4,000 reactions are known to catalyze enzymes.
For millenna, global cultures have understood the power of fermented foods; even if they didn’t necessarily know the mechanism behind it. While only recently has the mainstream market remembered the long – lost art of fermentation. Boosting product kefir, the effervescent yogurt like smoothie and barrel cured sauerkraut for it’s powerful benefit of being a probotic. Several studies indicate probotics, not only, influence our gut flora, but also may even effect our brains ability to handle stress.
Other differences in the French Culture… versus… the American: is their markets are more convenient corner store location rather than large super market and bulk warehouse. Providing fresh salads, cheese and breads while being conveniently located down at the corner gives them the ability to walk to get their groceries more frequently. Meaning they might have the opportunity to buy fresher more often then we do.
While another inherent difference in their culture versus the American, is their average work day lunch break is two hours. Which is more than doubled ours and means they get more time away from work and stress to relax. While giving their food time to digest and enjoy themselves which is more healthy than rushing through meals.
With long lunches and ample vacation, in fact, it is law in France that every full time employee have at least five weeks of vacation. With stress as the number one culprit for disease, it’s no wonder Americans are a much sicker lot. Losing more days each year for sickness and lost production than their French counter parts while racking up more costly bills for health care.