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The Right Age to Stop Drinking Beer According to a Renowned Neurologist
Marca ^ | 11/10/2024

Posted on 10/11/2024 2:31:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway

There are several factors to take into account

Who doesn't have a beer, a glass of wine or a glass of spirits every so often? Well, experts warn of the danger of doing so too often, as it can lead to short- and long-term problems for the brain, as revealed by neurologist Dr. Richard Restak in his book 'Complete Guide to Memory: The Science of Strengthening Your Mind'.

What can happen to our brains?

Alcohol consumption is an ingrained part of social culture, where bars are the main meeting point and beer, wine or spirits come naturally.

However, alcohol consumption can cause problems for the brain: memory loss, mental deterioration or dementia. Neurologist Dr. Richard Restak warns about this in his book 'Complete Guide to Memory: The Science of Strengthening Your Mind'.

According to this expert, it is essential to stop drinking alcohol before the age of 70, as from the age of 65 the body loses neurons at an accelerated rate, making it necessary to protect those that remain: 'It is essential to do without alcohol at a stage in life when it is crucial to preserve neurons'.

In addition to memory, Restak warns that this can not only affect our brains, but can go further: 'Confrontation, judgement and learning ability can also be affected. This progressive damage can be dangerous for older people'.

Thus, neurologist Restak invites those over 65 who continue to drink alcohol to think about it, as it can lead to long-term health problems, especially in memory and cognitive functioning, and also to make people who do it repeatedly realise that it can be more serious than it seems in the long run.


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: alcohol; dementia; elderly; memory; tcoyh
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

I don’t believe DJT ever drank.

He does not make a big deal abut it.


121 posted on 10/11/2024 8:30:51 PM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: Silentgypsy

Oops, you are quite right, Ogden Nash.


122 posted on 10/11/2024 8:44:31 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: rdl6989

Anybody who says alcohol is good or bad will not know what they are talking about, because there is no way to know in specific cases. Alcohol profoundly affects the GI biota, killing some microbes, and opening the door for others to dominate the ecosystem.

But that ecosystem is different in everybody, and even if it were the same, people can respond differently to the same microbe down there.

Some people will have alcohol and see it kill back harmful alcohol-sensitive microbes, and they will get sharper, more energetic, less inflamed. And some people will see the opposite, as it kills back microbes which were helping them.

Anyone who gives a one-size-fits-all answer is talking out of their ass.

The only way to know what it does is to do an experiment on yourself, and try it, and try removing it, and see if you are better one way or another. And you may find your best program is to do it for a few days, and take a week off.

There is no way to say without trying it.


123 posted on 10/12/2024 12:20:41 AM PDT by AnonymousConservative (DO NOT send me sensitive info, I'm under surveillance by Domestic Intel http://www.AmericanStasi.com)
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To: NorthMountain

I’m painfully honest and the rare poster here who admits when factually incorrect in contrast to many here who refuse to despite proof and never offer any for their own view

And I apologize here

So and I have maybe 6-10 Stellas a year one at a time


124 posted on 10/12/2024 12:33:28 AM PDT by wardaddy (Hiro Sanada as Lord Toranaga in Shogun is spellbinding . I highly recommend watching it)
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To: Taxman

Days never
Same with tobacco

He’s like me

One vice lol


125 posted on 10/12/2024 12:35:04 AM PDT by wardaddy (Hiro Sanada as Lord Toranaga in Shogun is spellbinding . I highly recommend watching it)
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To: BenLurkin

Aw that’s precious!


126 posted on 10/12/2024 5:21:55 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: nickcarraway

Nothing wrong with having communion daily.


127 posted on 10/12/2024 5:46:29 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: wardaddy

I was taught that “moderation” in all things, particularly vices, works!

So far, so good!


128 posted on 10/12/2024 6:46:13 AM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: wardaddy

PS

HST, I did quit smoking, cold turkey (well, for the thousandth time), about 12 years ago.

Never quit wanting, but couldn’t handle the after effects!

So, I quit.

Dodged the lung cancer bullet, because I was a “moderate” smoker for 55 years.

So far, so good.


129 posted on 10/12/2024 6:49:17 AM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: Taxman

I’m smoking a La Gloria right now
Can’t live forever


130 posted on 10/12/2024 8:42:02 AM PDT by wardaddy (Hiro Sanada as Lord Toranaga in Shogun is spellbinding . I highly recommend watching it)
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To: NorthMountain

I read them all. Last night.


131 posted on 10/12/2024 12:05:19 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: ssapro

When I used to drink I only drank on weekends.

Trouble was my weekends were always beginning on a Monday.


132 posted on 10/12/2024 1:23:39 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Ah, could I have your doctors name?


133 posted on 10/12/2024 1:25:41 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: jmacusa

Dr. Richard Restak


134 posted on 10/12/2024 5:13:12 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: HYPOCRACY

I’ll look him up.

Just kidding really. Me and the “Holy Water’’ had to part company years ago.

Certainly nothing wrong with moderation. A nice cold one or a fine wine. It’s to enjoy so to your health.

In my case however the joy quickly turned to Hell.


135 posted on 10/12/2024 5:28:31 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: jmacusa

All the best.


136 posted on 10/12/2024 5:36:02 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Thank you. And to you.


137 posted on 10/12/2024 6:15:11 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: wardaddy

A good cigar is hard to beat!


138 posted on 10/12/2024 7:59:08 PM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: BobL

I love encouragement. There is always room to refine or relearn what we think we know... But there was no link.


139 posted on 10/13/2024 4:04:06 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Yes, I was a hod carrier for a 2 man team of masons. I worked my arse off, and they guys were brutal. They revelled in making 20 YO me strain ans sweat. I went from that to working drywall. I drank as much beer as I could afford. In my 20’s and 30’s I felt like a god. There is something inherent in being able to do things physically that others can’t or will not. It just hurts to build the strength and stamina. I could pick up a grown man and move him though.

I worked with a guy who was unassuming, about 6 foot tall, and we were shoving 12’bundles of 5/8’s sheetrock up over a balcony. I was in front, and I would literally throw, he was in the back and he would twist. My end slipped and hit the floor. He got p o’d and lifted it by himself while I gaped at him. It was inhuman. The same guy would unload a semi-in apartments by himself, so he didn’t have to split the $5 per thousand sq ft we got paid. A good day was 50K apts we would do 75K.


140 posted on 10/13/2024 4:14:37 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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