Sunday, May 24, 2026

🌿 Wellness

The French Relationship with Bread

The French eat bread every day and have lower obesity rates than Americans. The difference: they eat real bread (flour, water, salt, yeast) in moderate amounts with meals, not processed bread products full of sugar between meals.

Buy a fresh baguette from a bakery today. Tear off a small piece with each course of dinner. No butter needed if the bread is fresh. This is the French relationship with bread: daily, moderate, and joyful.

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Our Recommendation

A bread knife with a scalloped edge. The French tear baguettes by hand, but a proper bread knife for boules and country loaves makes clean slices without crushing.

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