The benefits of red wine, including lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of heart disease, were met with joy by wine lovers all around.

However, a small study published in the November 2014 issue of the journal Applied Psychology, Nutrition and Metabolism has reportedly found that one of the benefits of red wine may actually not be too accurate.

Contrary to beliefs, resveratrol (RSV), a compound in red wine, may actually impede the body's response to physical training, according to Fox News.

"The easiest way to experience the benefits of physical activity is to be physically active. The efficacy of RSV at improving metabolic and cardiovascular functions is not as profound as once thought," Dr. Brendon Gurd, a kinesiology and health studies professor at Queen's University in Canada, stated in a news release.

In the study, researchers reportedly had 16 people who exercised less than three hours per week at the beginning of the study perform high-intensity interval training (HIIT) three times per week for four weeks. While engaging in HIIT, the participants reportedly took daily doses of either RSV or a placebo.

Researchers reportedly found that the placebo group showed an increase in some of the benefits associated with physical activity as opposed to the group taking RSV whose physical fitness didn't improve, according to the media outlet Psych Central.

"The results we saw suggest that concurrent exercise training and RSV supplement may alter the body's normal training response induced by low-volume HIIT," stated Gurd.

He continued, "The data set we recorded during this study clearly demonstrates that RSV supplementation doesn't augment training, but may impair the affect it has on the body."

Investigators have reportedly stated that their findings question the ability of RSV to act as an exercise-enhancing supplement and emphasized the need for further research regarding this specific benefit of red wine.