The French Paradox

According to a recent report on c b 's 60 minutes entitled the french paradox, the intake of fat in the french diet seems to be counteracted by their drinking of french red wine. There wasn't any specific data showing that it was the red wine that was preventing the heart attacks. This was a hypothesis. I mean, basically, the only real finding here is, french people seem to have fewer heart attacks than american people,. yes, and french peopl drink more red wine. But that doesn't necessarily mean that, like, that's the reason for it, right? Those could be two separate observations, exactly.