The French paradox refers to the comparatively lower incidence of coronary heart disease in. France despite high levels of satured fat in the traditional French diet. Some epidemiologists suspect that this difference is due to the higher consumption of wines by the French people, but the scientific evidence for this theory is l,imited. Red wine contains more polyphenols than white wine, and these are thought to be particularly protective against cardiovascular disease. Different laboratories are actually studying the relations between wine and Alzheimer, cancer...