A new study even shows a small amount of alcohol ages your brain
The research of the University of Southern California found that a gram can agitate the brain a week.
We all know thatdrinking alcohol has a total negative effects on your health,Faure of ravages on your sleep, Give you weight and lead to liver damage. But a growing amount of research focuses on the long termImpact of alcohol on the brain. A 2018 study published in theBritish medical newspaper found that people who drank more than 14 units-10 milliliters or 8 grams-Eur alcohol per week on a regular basis had an increaseRisk of dementia. Now a new study published in the newspaperScientific reports revealed the dramaticaging effects of alcohol on the brain. Depending on the research, each gram of alcohol consumed per day aggregated at the brain of 0.02 years.
For their research, scientists from the Southern University of California have examined cerebral analyzes of 17,308 people aged 45 to 81, then formed a computer to evaluate the brain ages of scans. The researchers compared the results with the chronological ages of the participants and their self-reports on the amount they drink and smoke. As a result, they concluded that a single gram of alcohol consumed daily age the 0.02 year old brain, which is about a week. As aStandard glass of wine Or a bottle of beer contains about 14 grams of alcohol, it's quite significant damage.
The conclusions of the study also showed that the brains of the people who stated that drinking daily looked like about five months an average that those who have consumed moremoderate amounts of alcohol.
The effects of smoking, however, were even more serious. The brain of those whosmoked a pack of cigarettes A day for an extended period seemed to be six to seven months more on average than those that are only smoked from time to time or not at all.
Of course, there are a variety of other factors that have aEffect on your brain healthincludingWhat you eat and how much you are doing exercise. Some cognitive habits, such as reading, making puzzles andmeditation-AView more has been demonstrated to help peopleStay well with old age. But this USC study on theaging effects of alcohol on the brain"One of the greatest of its kind certainly suggests that it is better to reduce alcohol to avoid cognitive decline.
"We know that, in general, drinking more than 21 drinks in a week for four or five years - is bad for cerebral health at most individuals",Marlene Oscar Berman, PhD, a leading researcher on the effects of the alcohol brain, saidMass general hospital In 2017. "For many people, this is summed up: if you want to drink, stay in good health. And plan to cut or stop when you reach the average age to reduce the growing risk of adverse effects on Your brain. ... The bottom line is: be reasonable. Alcohol consumption is an aspect of cerebral health that should be carefully examined. "
And that's exactly what people have apparently started to realize today. Over the past year, there has been a change of attitude of Americans with regard to alcohol consumption, leading to thecurious sober movement, who encourages people to be more aware of how they feel when they drink.
"I decided to stop drinking because I realized that I never wanted to stop in one," blogger sober momCeleste Yvonne RecountBetter lifeIn 2019. "My father was an alcoholic and I saw how thatdestroys health with a cerebral stroke At the age of 52 years. I also saw with his hand on how my father's alcoholism has affected our family and I did not want it to be mine. "
