From Jim Cummins
cummins@central.murdoch. edu.au
Resveratrol, a compound from grape skins, has been shown to bind to oestrogen
receptors and to activate them
(This Week, 3 January, p 16). Maybe this could
explain the regional differences in falling sperm counts in France.
In Paris they have been declining steadily while regional areas have
maintained semen quality. Maybe those effete Parisians have been switching off
the vin rouge and allowing themselves to fall victim to environmental
oestrogens, while the healthy peasants out in the country have been maintaining
their antioestrogenic tipple.
