Top 10: Drinking Countries - AskMen.com

Top 10: Drinking Countries - AskMen.com: "No.10 - FrancePure alcohol consumption: 14.2 liters per capita per year
Beer consumption: 35.5 liters per capita per year

When the French drink, they take their time and they drink wine. In North America, the French have a reputation for being sophisticated snobs; they are rude, we think, but they have good taste and they are wine connoisseurs. In this drinking country, wine and food go together like a baguette and chunk of brie. In other words, the French drink wine with most meals.

Despite regularly eating rich foods like pastries, cheeses and cream sauces, France has a remarkably low obesity rate, and this has everything to do with their method of consumption. Unlike North Americans who tend to shovel down processed foods as if eating were a rat race, the French eat leisurely. Perhaps less rushed to get back to their favorite TV show, they often have several courses, with wine and maybe a cigarette in between meals. And because wine and conversation play essential roles in their social ritual, getting a little tipsy on a bottle of Bordeaux actually helps digestion by slowing things down. In fact, maybe you should eat like the French.

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Champagne, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Bourgogne... the list goes on and on.
Pub. 08/04/08"