Only 11 percent of the French population qualifies as obese, while we almost triple that percentage mark here in the land of plenty. Furthermore, the French eat three times as much saturated animal fat as Americans do and only a third as many die of heart attacks.
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French loves wine. Resveratrol has metabolic boosting properties, as well as a whole boatload of anti-cancer and anti-aging. Resveratrol is from grape skins and is found in wine. So thats another hypothesis that due to imbibing large quantities of wine resveratrol keeps the French healthy.Specific observation among the French people is that despite their high intake of animal fat, they have low levels of heart disease. Resveratrol is a polyphenol derived from red wine and other plants such as the Japanese Knotweed believed to be mainly responsible for the health benefits it offers.
In the Phil. Resveratrol is marketed as Slenda as natural weight loss capsule