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Article: Want to live like the French? Drink Australian wines.
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- August 25, 2003
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Aug 25, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX)
Researchers have found a class of chemicals which can prolong people's life span. Resveratrol, one of the chemicals, is found in grapes and red wine. Red wines from regions such as Australia contain resveratrol. Heart disease is the biggest killer in the US, but not in France. The French eat less of everything. They drink wine and round off their meals with cognac, and live as long as anyone else. Although the French diet is rich in fat, the Americans consume more calories. The scientists' ...