Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Scientists have managed to develop a new pill that gives you the same benefits of drinking red wine.

Researchers from the University of Louis Pasteur developed the pill known as SRT1720.

Taking one of the drugs is about the same as drinking gallons of wine and getting benefit from the red wine extract resveratrol.

What they now know is that this drug can help people lose weight, and prevent diabetes.

They carried out a study for a period of 10-weeks on mice which were on a high-fat diet overall.

What they found after the 10-weeks was that the mice who took the drugs were able to lose weight more efficiently, and also control blood sugar levels far better than mice not on the pills.

This shows the drug is effective in mice in helping them prevent diabetes and lose a great deal of weight.

Studies need to be done to see if the drug is safe for human use.