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posted by chromas on Thursday July 02 2020, @10:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the brainweiser dept.

You have to protect yourself.

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)


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Friday July 03 2020, @12:32AM (2 children)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Friday July 03 2020, @12:32AM (#1015610) Journal

    I should like to see a study that compares the effects of drinking wine with drinking fresh grape juice. Even better might be to eat grapes, as we now realize that juicing the fruit throws out an awful lot of good, healthy stuff.

    Otherwise, why shouldn't I think this yet another advert for the alcoholic beverage industry? I suppose it is correct. What it lacks is completeness. Why, yes, drinking beer is healthier than drinking battery acid!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2020, @02:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2020, @02:04AM (#1015626)

    There were studies that show that certain chemo drugs can kill senescent cells allowing the younger ones to proliferate in the space they take up.

    Perhaps the effect is similar. Alcohol kills cells. Less productive senescent cells are more susceptible to it. So it kills the less productive cells allowing the more productive ones to proliferate in their space.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2020, @08:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2020, @08:56AM (#1015702)

    Or does that entirely depend on what the corp paying for the "study" is selling?

    That apart, juice drinking is a sure-fire way to unnoticeably load up a LOT of sugar; typical concentrations are around 10% - drink one liter, get 100 g of carbs. You get fat as a pig in no time from that kind of "good, healthy stuff".