Basic Pursuits

Health Assist offers up 11 clues to the mystery of the French paradox. The paradox is that the French eat a lot more food containing saturated fat than Americans, but have a lower rate of premature heart disease than Americans. How do they do that?

I think that the word diet ought to be expunged from the language when referring to a way to lose weight. Nevertheless, it still is in mass usage and as deceptive as ever.

It's deceptive because it gives the impression that a temporary adjustment in eating habits, "going on a diet," will solve a weight problem. When the diet is over, most people go right back to doing what they were doing. Same unhappy results.

The permanent answer is to learn how to eat well and making a lifelong habit of it.