Posted on 03/08/2022 8:26:29 AM PST by Red Badger
A large study of more than 36,000 high-quality MRI brain scans has found that drinking four units of alcohol a day – two beers, or two glasses of wine – causes structural damage and brain volume loss equivalent to 10 years of aging.
The science on alcohol consumption can be confusing and overwhelming. A quick scroll through our coverage over the years will tell you it directly causes cancer, but also reduces inflammation and helps to flush toxins out of the brain. It stunts growth in developing brains by nearly 50 percent, it permanently damages your DNA and is confidently linked with early-onset dementia, but on the other hand, red wine contains antioxidant compounds that are good for your heart, and can even help protect you from bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease.
Some of these studies focus on regular, moderate alcohol intake. Others on sustained high-level alcoholism, and others still on the effects of occasional "binge" events. Some are human studies, some are animal or lab studies. Some are tightly controlled, others introduce the chaos of the real world. Some are small studies, some are large and diverse. It's hard to draw black-and-white conclusions to help you make decisions in your own life.
So here's the deal with the latest study that caught our eye. Led by a team from the University of Pennsylvania, this study examined brain MRIs from an impressive 36,678 patients, stored in the UK Biobank, all middle-aged or older. This study follows up on prior research that had focused on chronic heavy drinkers – a term that includes women that take three or more drinks on the average day, and men that take four or more.
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There’s a real attack on alcohol (the traditional beverage that makes happy the heart of man) and promotion of marijuana these days.
Pot does nothing but make you stupid, asocial but easily manipulated because you just don’t care, and potentially psychotic. But from the government point of view, that’s all good.
He’ll, I must be dead.
Regards,
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That’s why I drink beer by the case.
“Pot does nothing but make you stupid”
Fake news. Many use cannabis for pain relief with great success vs Pharma meds. It might have made YOU stupid but painting everyone who uses cannabis with that brush is a fallacy.
The study was supported by the European Research Council (Grant 647648), National Science Foundation (Grant 1942917), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (Grant AA023894), and Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Crescenz VA Medical Center.
Beer is a drink. It exists in bottles. It contains alcohol. Alcohol is powerful...
Harris: Sorry, still too complicated! Let's make this more simple: Is it raa-acist, or not?
Regards,
Or by the couch or by the door or by the garage....................
So it actually slows down aging!
Regards,
Wow! You must be really, really wise!
Regards,
Well, yeah! You’re being PICKLED!.................
Sorry, too complicated for me to understand. So give it to me straight: Are you saying that I have to cut back on my half a crate of beer a day?
And what about my 103-year-old grandfather? What should I tell him? That he isn't supposed to drink his fifth of bourbon per day anymore? And all his loose broads? I suppose you're telling me that has to give them up, too?
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I guess then I must have died years ago and everyone failed to tell me.
Your are embalmed..................
Unfortunately the article says brain cells gets damaged, not smarter.
Ha ! Bourbon has got to be the exception. At least the true form is sugar/carb free. It may even be keto friendly...
“...especially moderation...”
If they are saying a beer a day is perfectly fine, what about the days I don’t have any? And since I can’t drink alcohol and can only drink alcohol free beers, I can splurge a little on some days. But even they have over 60 calories per. So to continue to look gazelle and not elephant, still gotta count the rascals.
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It's true! If you have a couple of drinks every day for 10 years then at the end of those 10 years it will be as if you've aged 10 years.
Contrast that with people who don't drink for 10 years. They have only aged 10 years.
Gotta follow the science.
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