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Light drinking may protect brain function:
UGA study shows that for older people it could help cognitive condition
[...] The study examined the link between alcohol consumption and changes in cognitive function over time among middle-aged and older adults in the U.S.
[...] Compared to nondrinkers, they found that those who had a drink or two a day tended to perform better on cognitive tests over time.
Even when other important factors known to impact cognition such as age, smoking or education level were controlled for, they saw a pattern of light drinking associated with high cognitive trajectories.
The optimal amount of drinks per week was between 10 and 14 drinks. But that doesn't mean those who drink less should start indulging more, says Zhang.
"It is hard to say this effect is causal," he said. "So, if some people don't drink alcoholic beverages, this study does not encourage them to drink to prevent cognitive function decline."
Journal Reference:
Ruiyuan Zhang, Luqi Shen, Toni Miles, et al. Association of Low to Moderate Alcohol Drinking With Cognitive Functions in US Adults [open], JAMA Network Open (DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.7922)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by c0lo on Friday July 03 2020, @12:23AM (2 children)
Doesn't surprise me at all that the descendants of the old Persian empire let the Islam flow over them with reduced permeation to the root of their culture.
Even the arabs had a "culture of indulgence", one can find quite a number of references of drinking wine (in private) in the Arabian nights [wikipedia.org] - see also Abu Nuwas [wikipedia.org] and his khamriyyat [stanford.edu].
The hard stance against fermented drinks in Islam practicing world seems to have come into being after the great Abbasid civil war [wikipedia.org]. Even that is not quite a clear cut [wikipedia.org] as Quran seems to literally ban only grape and dates wine and "praying under influence".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Friday July 03 2020, @12:39AM (1 child)
I am good friends with a nurse who worked in Saudi for a couple of years and according to her, the moment the plane to London is out of Saudi airspace, the women on board line up at the toilets to change out of their hijabs, and the men all start drinking.
I don't think anyone really listens to priests.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2020, @05:19PM
That's not really a surprise, when you live in a country where the state enforces religious practices with severe punishment for those violating them. Many of those folks wouldn't be Muslim at all or would be a member of a more liberal sect if the state wasn't literally enforcing the restrictions.