Scientists have named another reason not to abuse alcohol

Alcohol increases the risk of dementia

According to a recent study, most of the early cases of dementia (65 years) are associated with excessive alcohol consumption. Scientists have analyzed the figures more than a million patients with dementia who were treated from 2008 to 2013. It turnedContribution of alcohol use disorders to the burden of dementia in France 2008-13., More than a third of the 57 000 cases of early dementia are directly related to alcohol.

Alcohol abuse is three times increases the risk of all types of dementia.

Alcohol is - the main avoidable risk factor of 30 possible. It has a direct neurotoxic effect, as well as closely related to other avoidable factors: smoking, high blood pressure, Diabetes, low levels of education. From this total harm from alcohol more increases.

Researchers propose to expand the scope of what is considered abuse. Now the control centers and the prevention of diseases of the USA is determinedFact Sheets - Alcohol Use and Your Health. its like 15 drinks per week for men and women for 8 servings. On their definition, one portion - is 17 ml of pure alcohol. If we translate this to the popular drink, we get 350 ml beer, 147 ml wine, 44 ml of spirits (vodka, whiskey, gin, rum).

What happens to the brain

"Drinking alcohol impairs cognitive ability, - told the psychiatrist Joseph Gerbli (Joseph Garbely). - Alcohol weakens the ability to encode new memories, there are gaps in memory. And because it affects the higher executive brain function in the elderly negative effect is much stronger. "

Numerous neuroimaging studies suggest that alcohol consumption is directly related to brain damage. As alcohol affects the prefrontal cortex. Begins to develop addiction, alcohol consumption is gradually increasing. And this is even more undermining the ability to make decisions.

Finally

However, so far there is no evidence that alcohol provokes Alzheimer's disease, The most common form of dementia.

There is no clear evidence about the impact of moderate alcohol consumption on the development of dementia. According to some studiesAlcohol's Effects on the Brain: Neuroimaging Results in Humans and Animal Models., One or two servings of alcohol per day are useful for the cardiovascular system and brain. It needs fresh blood and oxygen.

Also, it is unknown whether moderate consumption of alcohol harm to those who already have dementia. In any case, to dissuade the patient not to drink much more difficult. After all, with dementia lose not only the memory, but the ability to make decisions and assess the situation.

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