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This is interesting.
A recent study reported in the American Heart Journal suggests that wine drinkers, particularly wine drinkers with coronary hearty disease (CDC), tended to have higher levels of Omega3s in their blood than non-drinkers.
The abstract of the study concluded:

In these patients with CHD, moderate wine drinking was associated with higher marine ?3 concentrations than no alcohol use. Although the data have to be confirmed in large groups, this effect of wine comparable to that of fish may partly explain the protective effects of wine drinking against CHD.

Here's to your health!

Interactions of wine drinking with omega-3 fatty acids in patients with coronary heart disease: A fish-like effect of moderate wine drinking (Abstract)

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