In article >, sws2000
@yahoo.com says...
> Dimitri wrote:
> > There is little question that red wine seems to have a great deal of
> > health benefits. As a matter of fact I just finished a glass of a nice
> > coastal zinfandel.
> >
> >
> >
> > Good stuff, I think I'll pour another. Most of us are familiar with the
> > "French Paradox" that being that the French have a high fat diet and do
> > not seem to have a great deal of heart problems.
>
> I think I can testify to that, I'm 45, weigh 275, eat mostly high fat
> foods, don't exercise and my cholesterol is only 168 and BP 140/80. I
> drink an avg of 2 glasses of red wine a day (2X on weekends)
>

I was just reading an article about resveratrol. Apparently they did a
double bling study with a bunch of mice and found that the mice given
resveratrol could be fat and happy without any incidence of diabetes,
liver problems, etc.

The other part of the French Paradox is that wine in general is an
alcoholic beverage, and alcohol is a neuro-suppresant.