Three things jumped out at me:
"I read Pierre Dukan’s diet book in preparation for an interview on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. When we spoke, he was charming and sympathetic."
<Everyone says how nice he is!!>
We had a consultation, we went back over my history and discussed my aims.
It was unrealistic, he said, for a post-menopausal woman to be the slip of a thing she once was. Nine-and-a-half stone should be consigned to the past. Perhaps 12½ stone would be easier. I had to agree"
and
Any fantasies I may have had about a Frenchman being sympathetic towards the odd glass or three of wine were quickly dispelled. Not allowed at all in the first two stages of the diet — entirely empty calories.