Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Alcohol can cause “leaky gut” and inflammatory cytokines can then escape the GI tract, enter the bloodstream, and cross the blood-brain barrier where they cause inflammation in the brain.
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Alcohol can cause “leaky gut” and inflammatory cytokines can then escape the GI tract, enter the bloodstream, and cross the blood-brain barrier where they cause inflammation in the brain.
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did just the alcohol itself impact Reverend by functions just by increasing the level of cytokines in the blood blood and which will increase the inflammation of the blood vessels so yes
however chronic heavy drinking defined as more than four drinks per day for men or more than three drinks per day for women is associated with higher levels of circulating LPS when compared to non-heavy drinking which correlates with their having higher levels of gut permeability
heavy drinking increases gut permeability this is referred to as leaky gut this can lead to the release of pro-inflammatory cyto kindes into the bloodstream once these cyto kindes are in the bloodstream they cross the bloodb brain barrier they cause inflammation within the brain