Sometimes I just tell my kids, 'Outside of France, I'm considered completely normal.' This worked until we traveled to London.

The overarching conventional wisdom - what everyone from government experts to my French girlfriends take as articles of faith - is that restrictive diets generally don't make you healthier or slimmer. Instead, it's best to eat a variety of high-quality foods in moderation and pay attention to whether you're hungry.

Having lived in America and France, I've been on both sides of the picky-eating divide.

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