A compound found in red wine is being touted as “exercise in a bottle” in a new study that looks at the role it plays in animals.

The study, published June 30 in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal, claims that the star ingredient in wine, resveratrol, could slow the negative consequences of a sedentary lifestyle like insulin resistance and loss of bone mineral density.

The new findings seem to confirm the longstanding French paradox: despite a diet high in rich foods like cheese and cream, the French enjoy a low death rate from heart disease.