French Paradox

In the 1980s, nutritionists were baffled by a statistical anomaly. The French diet was loaded with everything Americans were told to avoid: full-fat cheese, butter, eggs, liver, and red wine. Yet, France had one of the lowest rates of coronary heart disease in the Western world, while Americans, obsessed with "e;low-fat"e; products, were getting sicker and heavier. They called it "e;The French Par...