When people look for reasons for the French Paradox they look for what they
are adding to their diet to get protective benefits. Todd Moody suggests
they are eating more organ meats and root vegetables. Recent news article
suggest it comes from their drinking red wine. This focus on what to add
probably comes from a marketing mentality. If we can just find what it is
we can sell it to everybody else.

I, on the other hand, have the theory that it comes from what they don't
eat. So my theory is the paradox comes from their consuming less trans
fats. They use real butter, not margarine. They tend not to deep fry foods.
French fries are pan fried in oil. In general they eat real foods, not fake
ones. Does this makes sense to anyone else?

Don.