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Paris, once a meat-centric and bread-heavy heaven, is turning over a new leaf as a growing crop of wellness, beauty and foodie hotspots promote a greener, fresher you.

Change is afoot in the land of foie gras, fabulous cheeses and steak tartare. A mere decade ago, being vegetarian in the City of Light saw you limited to fun-free salads and endless green beans; on the exercise side, the only spinning to be found was on a washing machine.

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Today, vegetables are in. Even three-star Michelin restaurant L’Arpège has made them the star of its legendary fare. The digital generation, plugged into what feels and tastes best around the world, is moving away from three-course lunches and leaving meat off their menu, preferring a more holistic approach to what is on their plates.

Isabella Capece, a luxury PR executive who co-founded vegan eatery Maisie Café on Rue Du Mont Thabor with her husband Xavier Barroux, says that while Paris is the capital of excellent gourmet cuisine, it has not traditionally connected healthy lifestyles with good food.

“It was either one or the other,” Capece says. “But I believe it has been changing for the last 18 months and that now you can have your cake and eat it too, as my husband likes to say.”

Charlotte Muller, a former legal worker who quit her job to launch wellness services app LeService, says urban lifestyles are evolving lightning fast and have created a form of generalised exhaustion. “Meanwhile, exposure to continuous sources of information have created an awareness on what is happening in wellness around the world,” she says. “Taking care of yourself is essential: the body is not a tireless machine.”