A Toast to Tea Time and the French Paradox | India International Centre

11 April 2011, 05:30 am

A Toast to Tea Time and the French Paradox

Programme Type

Talks

Speaker: Dr. Subhash Airy who has worked in the US for over forty years in research and development of new therapeutic pharmaceutical products and has served as a Division Governor, Toastmasters International, Texas region

Chair: Prof. Pushpesh Pant

The talk focuses on the health effects that have largely been attributed to the antioxidant content of tea beverages and the French Paradox, a term coined in 1992 to describe the relatively low incidence of cardiovascular diseases among the French population, despite their high dietary intake of saturated fats