What is the French paradox?
The French paradox concerns the fact that although the French consume three times as many saturated fats as Americans, a third less French people die of heart attacks and obesity as Americans. Wrapped American scientists and other health experts from around the world have tried to discover the "secrets" behind the French paradox. Most French insists that the only "secret" is to monitor the size of portions and daily intake of fat, as well as choosing fresh foods over processed foods and denies that there is a "French paradox". Scientists have found that olive oil is a healthy source of fat. However, the olive oil that the French consume does not exclude the high amounts of saturated fats they still eat, and therefore does not properly explain the French paradox. On the other hand, a study at the Harvard Faculty of Medicine has shown that the chemicals of red wine called resveratrol will reverse the coronary and obesity effects of high fat and calories in mice.
When resveratrol was administered to laboratory mice, the mice ran twice as far away on the treadmill than before and also had a reduced heart rate. Mice also lived longer than mice that did not receive resveratrol. The finding has led to a significant increase in the sale of red wine in the United States, despite the fact that the amount of resveratrol that you could have been made would be the human equivalent of drinking hundreds of glasses of wine a day. The French paradox was again unresolved.
The French themselves tend to emphasize that they reduce their coronary risks by monitoring the size of portions and the amount of fat consumed per day. Discipline, moderation and balance, many French lasts, are the most important "secrets" and do not see the French paradox. Mireille Guiliano, in the Nin -Salpled Book of 2004, French Women will not get fat , agrees that the "secrets" of the French coronary health eat anything you want but in moderation and agrees that it does not exist FRancouzský paradox. Many French people are often applied to the size of American portion.