...middle-aged men, drinking more than two pints of beer a day speeds up memory decline...

National Post ^ | January 17, 2014 | Sarah Knapton, The Daily Telegraph/National Post Wire Services

[Loyalist]

Middle-aged men who drink the equivalent of two and a half pints a day risk speeding up memory loss and mental decline by six years, researchers have warned.

A 10-year study of more than 7,000 male and female civil servants found men who regularly drank significant amounts of alcohol suffered notable mental decline. The study was reported in the journal Neurology.

In contrast men who drank less than one and a half pints a day, or a glass and a half of wine suffered no impact on mental ability.

The heaviest drinkers were found to have the equivalent memory of someone in their early seventies even though they were still in their mid-sixties, researchers found.

The study proved that some of the memory loss experienced in old age may have been caused by unhealthy drinking habits in middle age.

[Loyalist]

I was going to make a point by posting this article, but I've forgotten what it was.

[max americana]

what?

[Incorrigible]

Isn’t forgetting the whole point of drinking?

[Red Badger]

I’m a goner.............what?..................

[AppyPappy]

I need to double up then

[Red_Devil 232]

Which thread is this and what is about again?

[M Kehoe]

I was going to post something...

5.56mm

[skinkinthegrass]

*snicker*

[RightGeek]

I forget, what were you saying?

[TexasCajun]

However the study also found that women who completely abstained from alcohol also suffered mental decline.

“In women there was only weak evidence that heavy drinking was associated with a faster decline in executive function, but abstinence from alcohol was associated with faster decline in the global cognitive score,” Sabia said.

Seems to me the affect would be the same, male or female?

[SkyDancer]

Easiest out for a speeding ticket. Tell the LEO that the last time you forgot where you were going and had to go back home, so that’s the reason for speeding - I wanted to get where I was going before I forgot where I was going and why.

[Red_Devil 232]

Oh now I remember! I guess sense I am over middle-age then I am free and clear - I’ll have another please!

[DainBramage]

My memory loss is in drive.

[1rudeboy]

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest one sat the back that are killed first This natural s election is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

[RightGeek]

Beer has other bad effects too:

[Red_Devil 232]

Are they talking pints of beer or hard liqueur?

[Repeat Offender]

“In women there was only weak evidence that heavy drinking was associated with a faster decline in executive function

A faster decline in executive function - The Hillary Clinton effect.

[Starboard]

A 10-year study of more than 7,000 male and female civil servants

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Doing mind numbing work in the government for ten years is probably more of a factor in memory loss than drinking. The robotic repetition of processing endless paperwork does not provide much mental stimulation.

[posterchild]

US or Imperial pint?

[massmike]

To quote a great American on his birthday: