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Why French women dont get facelifts
– Reported, March 14, 2014
Theres something about French women that is so sophisticated and stylish even as they age. They dont spend money on plastic surgery or expensive skincare treatments or products. So whats their secret?
Dr. Manny Alvarez, senior managing health editor of FoxNews.com, recently sat down with Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Dont Get Facelifts and the best-selling French Women Dont Get Fat, to reveal the secrets to aging gracefully.
According to Guiliano, the culture of aging is different in America and France.
America and some other countries are youth cultures, so they are obsessed by eternal youth and the French laugh at that. Nothing is eternal. We are an old culture and we have a great sentence in France: La vie commence à cinquante, Life starts at 50. she said.
Unlike American women, French women do not go for plastic surgery as a means of self-improvement.
For French women, the scalpel is the last resort We look at ourselves in the mirror, no nonsense, and we say, Okay, maybe I need a new haircut, maybe a new this, maybe a new that, and then we embrace aging, Guiliano said. Because we still know that we can seduce and flirt, and all we want is to live the second part of our life as healthy and as well as possible.
To maintain healthy skin, Guiliano recommends getting facials and using masks and argan oil.
Id rather have one facial a year than six manicures, because its almost like, if you take the analogy with the car, a yearly tune-up and you need it. Its not an indulgence The basic ritual in a French home is to clean your skin every night a mask nourishes your skin, Guiliano said. My little secret is argan oil, because [its] liquid gold If you dont have argan oil, maybe you can use a drop of olive oil.
Plus, sitting down to a meal without distractions is important.
If you multitask, its not eating: youre a robot. Sitting down is a way to connect with people, but also to concentrate because as you know, we are hedonists, and pleasure is the number one criteria, so we eat for pleasure, Guiliano said. To eat for pleasure, you have to involve all your senses you have to look at your food, you have to smell it. You have to take time and enjoy it, and that makes a huge difference. If we could teach people to eat like this, we wouldnt have overweight and obesity [problems].
And as for fitness, for French women, its not about the gym.
French women dont go to the gym, but they walk everywhere; they take the stairs, Guiliano said. Its been proven that walking is one of the best exercises you can do because its free, its cheap, you can do it when you want, where you want, and it does much more for you than just the physical. Its psychological its the best anti-aging potion with nutrition.
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