A. What France made us think about

B. Art de vivre

C. The central question

1. Have we become so focused on optimizing life that we've forgotten how to experience it?
2. The science protects our ability to live; it shouldn't replace living.

II. THE LONGEVITY PARADOX: WHEN HEALTH BECOMES ANOTHER JOB

A. We can measure almost everything

B. When optimization becomes stress

III. THE FRENCH MEAL: SLOWING DOWN MAY CHANGE HOW MUCH WE EAT

A. Dinner is the activity

B. Eating speed and weight

C. Why the physiology makes sense

IV. WHY DOES BREAD SEEM DIFFERENT IN FRANCE?

A. First, a misconception

B. Traditional French bread

C. The 1993 Décret Pain

D. Pesticides and sourcing

E. Bread as culture

V. REAL FOOD: FOOD THAT STILL LOOKS LIKE FOOD

A. Nutrition has become tribal

B. The French-market lesson

VI. TERROIR: THE FOOD SHOULD BELONG TO THE PLACE

A. There isn't one French diet

B. Terroir

C. UNESCO and the French gastronomic meal

VII. WALKING: EXERCISE THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE EXERCISE

A. Movement built into life

B. The metabolic science

C. Art meets science

VIII. THE DINNER TABLE MAY BE LONGEVITY MEDICINE

A. More than food

IX. WINE: PLEASURE WITHOUT TURNING IT INTO MEDICINE

A. The French paradox

B. The more interesting question

X. BEAUTY: THE FORGOTTEN COMPONENT OF WELLNESS

B. Beauty creates presence

XI. STOP RUSHING THROUGH YOUR LIFE

A. Modern life rewards speed

B. The question

XII. PLEASURE IS NOT THE ENEMY OF HEALTH

A. Sustainable longevity

B. The objective is capacity

XIII. PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT: BRING ART DE VIVRE HOME

A. Change one dinner

B. Look at what you accomplished

XIV. THE QUESTION WE BROUGHT HOME FROM FRANCE

A. Science still matters

B. Stop postponing life

XV. CLOSING: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE WELL-LIVED LIFE

The science tells us how to protect the body.

The art tells us what the body is for.