Post by Zadkiel on Feb 2, 2016 18:41:55 GMT
France has actually one of the world’s highest rates of cirrhosis of the liver. The myth of moderate, wine-drinking Mediterranean peoples is largely just that – a myth. The common French practice of allowing and even encouraging children to have wine with meals, thought to teach a healthy and balanced view of drinking, instead leads to those children developing alcohol-related problems later in life.
