Paul Saladino· MD
We now know that even one drink a day, averaged over the course of a week, can shrink your brain.
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We now know that even one drink a day, averaged over the course of a week, can shrink your brain.
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The amount of gray matter (neurons in the brain) thinning starts to increase as you get out past 2 drinks per week
there's one heavily referenced and Incredibly informative study in this area that I want to lead with because it's been used as one of the main pieces of evidence as to why any amount of alcohol seems to be detrimental for the brain the title of this study is associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes in the UK biobank the UK biobank is a research database with health information from more than half a million European participants and this study included data from about 36,6 78 individuals this study highlights the significant impact even moderate alcohol consumption can have on brain structure consuming just one to two units of alcohol daily equivalent to roughly half to one standard drink in the US is linked to reduced overall brain volume this reduction includes both gray matter which consist of neuronal cell bodies and is crucial for processing information and white matter which involves the connections between different brain regions