Science is sure about that.
Alcohol doesn’t either but it does destroy dendtrites in the brain.
Dendtrites help to carry neurons(messages) to the brain.
Alcohol interferes with the brains ability to do that.
In AA we used to call people like this ‘’wet brains’’.
I come from a family of alcoholics and I’m aware of wet brains. My beautiful, mother had to be carted off to the nursing home with Korsakov’s Syndrome, AKA wet brain. Yep, Slow Joe is almost that bad.
I’m not a drinker, but read a wonderful book”. Eat to Beat Disease”. by Wm Li, MD. He considers beer a superfood, as it cleans out arteries without raising your blood pressure, as wine does. I don’t like beer, but found one I can stand, drink 4 ounces per night. Hope I’m not frying my brain.