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Pastimes : Do You Know a Good Zinfandel? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Tommaso who wrote (33)12/19/2001 8:01:03 PM
From: Bill Ulrich  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 43
 
...more on the health benefits of reds...
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cnn.com

(AP) -- Researchers say they have discovered the key component in red wine that explains the so-called French Paradox, or the way the French can eat lots of cheese, buttery sauces and other rich foods and still suffer less heart disease than Americans.

The explanation is pigments known as polyphenols.

The pigments are not present in white wine or rose, and they seem to be less potent when they are present in grape juice..."