Did they consider that this might be correlation without causation?
for example, maybe people who already have dementia are more liely to forget how many drinks they had.
See what I did there???
This is not exactly a newsflash. Chronic high intake of ethyl alcohol is toxic to neurological tissue and leads to encephalopathy if you live long enough. General rule: Heavy daily drinking ( ~ 1.5 ouncess of ethyl alcohol or greater/day) for thirty years leads to the inevitable fried brain with many behavioral abnormalities along the way. And yes, Madam Secretary Clinton is a good example.
Only a complete idiot would say “it’s not advisable” about getting so drunk as to lose consciousness. Passing out is the only thing that prevents the idiot from killing himself by drinking too much alcohol.
The person who drinks to extinction is ALREADY mentally deficient. So yes, there is a link to dementia. Big DUH!
who would have thought that?
Alcoholism can cause several types of reversible dementia.
One is an acute thiamine deficiency that is treated by taking sulbutiamine, which is a type of thiamine that can cross the blood-brain barrier.
Another is build up of ammonia in the blood and brain. There are many treatments for this, mostly related to reducing the production of ammonia in the intestines by bad bacteria. A good probiotic like Mutaflor might be the easiest solution. The most common remedy is lactulose, which is also a laxative.
If you know someone with dementia, it might be reversible. Do not assume that it is Alzheimer’s.
Aw come on man!