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The French have a much lower incidence of that scourge of our modern diet and lifestyle, heart disease. The difference between the French diet and the rest of the western world was the volume of red wine consumption. Red wine contains polyphenols which help to keep our arteries healthy even if they don’t sound too appetising. The polyphenols come from the skins of the grapes which also give red wine its colour. More expensive wines which are made with the better grapes can contain more polyphenols than cheaper wines.

Unfortunately drinking too much wine is also bad for us. To keep the balance right we should only drink in moderation. So obviously the way to go to get more polyphenols is by drinking the really good stuff, not that we really need an excuse.

If you don’t like red wine, apart from the fact you are not trying hard enough, you could just eat the grapes. However you need to eat half a kilo for every glass of wine.