The French Paradox is a long-standing pillar of truth, a given, in the natural health community. The French Paradox concludes that the consumption of red wine is the primary reason why the French and others on the so-called Mediterranean Diet are able to consume high amounts of saturated fat and other seemingly "unhealthy" foods and still remain relatively slim with low incidents of many of the chronic diseases that plague the United States today. But is red wine truly the hero of the story?

Today on LivingFuelTV, we'll take a brief but illustrative look at the French Paradox and ask if red wine is really the health drink it's touted to be. The answer may surprise you.