据美国《科学新闻》报道,科学家们发现:法国人患心脏病的人数大大少于美国人,这可能与法国人比美国人更嗜饮红葡萄酒有关。因为研究人员发现,葡萄酒中所含的类黄酮起着抗氧化剂的作用,尤其是红葡萄酒更有益于心脏的健康。 波士顿哈佛医学院的科学家们研究了340位心脏病患者,将他们的饮酒习惯与同龄的健康人相比,发现每天饮1.5～2杯酒的人,患心脏病的危险性减少至45％。 According to the U.S. Science News, scientists found that France has significantly fewer heart attacks than Americans, which may be related to the French being more likely to drink red wine than the Americans. Because the researchers found that flavonoids contained in wine play a role in antioxidants, especially red wine is more beneficial to the health of the heart. Scientists at Harvard Medical School in Boston studied 340 people with heart disease and compared their drinking habits with healthy people of the same age, finding that people who drink 1.5 to 2 drinks a day have a 45% lower risk of heart disease.