Proponents of the “French paradox” would have you believe that the French get away with smoking, drinking and devouring meat and cheese without suffering the same rates of heart disease as other nations.
A report by the French Public Health Agency has debunked the claim. It revealed that only 11 per cent of the French enjoy “ideal” cardiovascular health. By comparison, according to a survey compiled in January by the health lobby group Forth, 14 per cent of Britons are blessed with “excellent” heart health.
Far from being exemplars of the virtues of the Mediterranean diet, more than 70 per cent of French adults do not eat enough fruit and vegetables and more than 80 per cent eat too much salt, according to the
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