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Rode wijn als medicatie in Engelse ziekenhuis voor hartpatiënten.*
Twee glazen rode wijnen krijgen Engelse hartpatiënten om
verdere complicaties te voorkomen.
De gedachte ontstond na het vergelijken van statistieken
tussen fransen en engelsen, waaruit blijkt dat het aantal doden als gevolg van
een hartaanval in Frankrijk de helft is van dat in Engeland.
De fransen eten vetter, roken meer en doen niet meer aan
bewegen dan de engelsen doch drinken veel meer rode wijn
Cardiac patients at a British
hospital are being prescribed two glasses of red wine a day in the hope of
preventing further heart complications.
William McCrea, a heart
surgeon at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, west England, told the media
the idea came from looking at the health statistics of France.
"As a nation they consume
twice the amount of fat we do, they smoke more and don't do any more exercise
than us, but their rate of deaths from heart attacks is half ours. What's the
difference? They drink red wine like we drink tea," he told The Guardian.
Unfortunately for any of his
wine-loving patients, McCrea also believes that cheaper red wines are best as
they will contain more antioxidants than top- quality wines that have been kept
for years in the barrel.
His favourites are said to
include Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.
The experiment is being paid for by the hospital's own charity rather than the National Health Service. (2003)