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Brides les Bains is noted as a weight-loss thermal spa, under the French medical system (doctor's prescription required for the 3 week program). The entire village has subscribed to a "plan" whereby anyone (cure taker or not) can buy a nutritional, dietetic meal for a reasonable price. Marielle is a self-service restaurant adjacent to the Spa building that specializes in take-out meals but also serves lunch from 12:00 to at least 2:30PM and main course dishes start at under 10 Euros. And, only in France, will you find the food is absolutely delicious! I had veal scaloppini with braised vegetables; venison in a mushroom sauce, many varieties of fish baked, grilled or poached, all wonderful with quinoa or Savoyard pasta and each meal was just the right number of calories for my Spa treatment plan. I was never hungry for 3 weeks (ate virtually all my lunches here) and yet still lost 15 pounds by the end of it all (with spa treatments and drinking the mineral water and taking walks in the crisp Alpine air, naturally). My wife, not on the Cure plan, and a vegan, enjoyed their salads and vegetables too. We were impressed.