Red Wine = Less Fat?

Many of you may have heard of resveratrol, currently a potential miracle substance found in the skin of red grapes and red wine. The most recent of "super nutrients" after the acai berry craze, resveratrol has been giving winos a  reason to down gallons of red wine as preliminary animal studies suggest the substance may battle against type 2 diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular and some neuromuscular disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. In the first human studies of their kind, scientists at the University of Ulm in Germany studied the effects of resveratrol in human fat cell biology:

Laboratory tests conducted in vitro on human cells, in which cells were managed in a control environment, such as a petri dish, showed that resveratrol influenced fat cells' form and function. Resveratrol blocked immature fat cells from developing and differentiating, which, in turn, affected the fat cells' abilities to function. Several studies have used animals to examine resveratrol's effects, but this is one of the first to use human fat cells. - WebMD

Does this mean you should go out and start guzzling red wine hoping the pounds will melt away? Definitely not as alcohol is alcohol and the effects of its abuse can never be over looked. Resveratrol is also found in the skin of red grapes and can be taken in a supplement form if you aren't the wining type.