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Monday, February 22, 2010

Mediterranean Diet: Should you Drink Wine or Eat Grapes? | Cape Wine Cellar

Mediterranean Diet: Should you Drink Wine or Eat Grapes? | Cape Wine Cellar

In studies conducted in 1992, it was observed that in southern France, mortality rates from heart disease were lower than expected despite the consumption of diets high in saturated fat. Researchers attributed the impressive low incidence of heart disease, 50 percent lower than in the Unites States, to the consumption of red wine.