A diet high in saturated fats increases a person' s risk of developing heart disease  Regular consumption of red wine reduces that risk  Per-capita consumption of saturated fats is currently about the same in France as in the United States, but there is less heart disease there than in the United States because consumption of red wine is higher in France
The difference in regular red-wine consumption has been narrowing, but no similar convergence in heart-disease rates has occurred
Over the past 30 years, per-capita consumption of saturated fats has remained essentially unchanged in the United States but has increased somewhat in France.