It was already said that aging might make you stupid, but apparently you can speed up the process. To our dear liquor lovers, yes, drinking every day will not do your brain the greatest good (even if we already suspected it a little).
A grenadine for the followingwork
Published in the scientific journal Nature Communication, this study shows that four units of alcohol ingested per day would be sufficient to cause significant damage to our brain. Four units of alcohol is roughly two beers or two glasses of wine.
It is the research team of the University of Pennsylvania, in the United States, which is put on the file. The study was carried out on 36,678 people, who each underwent brain MRIs. Closing? One to two units of alcohol a day is enough to reduce the size of the brain, and in particular the gray matter (yes, you know, that part that stores all of our information). If you drink up to four units of alcohol a day, the brain can age for up to ten years… Not great when you know that’s just two pints. “Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health”, so they were right…
