(TheDailyMeal) - In the latest wave of red wine health news, a study from Purdue University may explain the phenomenon of thin French women who always drink wine (if the book didn't do it for you). Researcher Kee-Hong Kim, an assistant professor in food science at Purdue, led a study that showed red wine could potentially inhibit the formation of fat cells. How it works? Resveratrol, the often-exalted "health" compound in wine, turns into piceatannol when consumed, which in turn effectively stops fat cells from maturing