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PRESS CUTTINGS THE COMMUTER 22ND JULY 11994 French wine `may help prevent h eart attacks' F ranoh or Italiattwioe may'hoid the keyto haeehipherrate+ofheartarncFc; drn Britishtnen. pISKMh4 Si heeR aIIACtL4. new It9faI[h i BrttRh RORMn hm diewOrat rates of coronary MVeals: hon d73Caae in a11 21 raurntes om Ibae The W'oridHr2thOtganiittionhasc+triedotu oontuteeta Mdied. thefltetworld!widestudy6wehaRatmclb.and. PtoFessorHughllmataC•Pedoe.tUthorofthectalins that thrU1Ches rrtoce of thern thsrcatq tepott. said the high k.vela of smoking,andi 9r ottier counuy. ankemay be reuons forthe filghor fetel of 8ta1i Pro>i;ssor AAlun E+acu. who hdped cxrry out heart attacla. reaeatchforthesndy, saidaheEmtohand'tmlmns. Lrq®enSarp.dimeereftiteNadorud!Fomm are ^enahewholemoteimmonetoheertdiseata torCotonaryHeart D'uwaeFtewndonsaldd3eo etdheartattao.luthaemqrtodnreoueciesindheplqeanimporamOpRmptevaseing heandlaeave: sntdY• ?1 majordi'littece. pattiailarty! fontd3mong the Freneh and [talGac: was that they ate heavy wioa dtanlxn udtheir whxsmn= F7avorqids and Quertetia(vinrninP). Themflect ofvitnrcit P are not prwen bunthis presented ahigh 6Ctorof differenee in diet with other trountres." AcmrdinQ to the snnMY. people in Glhsgow vuPlknd :56 heart attarks per IOtJA00 of the popolatlon compared to 30 per 100000 In Catalonl5 InSpaia. The resean:h also founh thanonly Einouh meat •"Higher kvets of oihe od and lkttlt and vegetables also comonndi in Maditertanean eewdeies - bta.not in the:UR - were very imporont in aratiog heutdiemse." Site said, "71urs has been some evidaws that modetate atnounn ofalcohoLintdae could have someefa'oct on heart disnee and atmelct." She'. added thrt exevime is abo inaport;mnt, but that notenough peoplezrc talting np spora. Comacryheantd'utase folts 1=O7zoPld dn the UK everyyrar, she said.