{"id":255679,"date":"2021-05-21T17:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-study-suggests-any-amount-of-alcohol-can-harm-the-brain\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T17:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:50:27","slug":"new-study-suggests-any-amount-of-alcohol-can-harm-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-study-suggests-any-amount-of-alcohol-can-harm-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"#New study suggests any amount of alcohol can harm the brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New study suggests any amount of alcohol can harm the brain<\/strong>”
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Any amount of\u00a0alcohol\u00a0can cause damage to the\u00a0brain and more so than previously realized, according to a study in what researchers call one of the largest of its kind to date.<\/p>\n

The preliminary findings from Oxford University were recently\u00a0posted\u00a0<\/a>to medRxiv ahead of peer review, drawing on clinical data and imaging samples from over 25,000 adults in the UK Biobank study. Subjects were aged 40 to 69 years when they were first recruited from 2006 to 2010.<\/p>\n

Nearly all participants were classified as current drinkers, while just 5.2 percent were non-drinkers, per the study. Almost half of participants were consuming alcohol at levels above UK \u2018low risk\u2019 guidelines, though few were considered heavy drinkers, researchers wrote. Through MRI analyses, the team looked for correlations between alcohol use and grey matter in the brain.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo safe dose of alcohol for the brain was found. Moderate consumption is associated with more widespread adverse effects on the brain than previously recognised,\u201d the study reads. \u201cIndividuals who binge drink or with high blood pressure and BMI may be more susceptible. Detrimental effects of drinking app<\/a>ear to be greater than other modifiable factors. Current \u2018low risk\u2019 drinking guidelines should be revisited to take account of brain effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps the findings aren\u2019t surprising, study authors said, due to the mechanism in which ethanol diffuses throughout brain tissue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The more alcohol participants consumed each week, the lower the grey matter density across the brain, researchers found, blaming alcohol for an 0.8 percent \u201cgrey matter volume variance,\u201d which albeit \u201ca small effect size,\u201d was a larger contributing factor than other tested risk factors, like smoking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Further, the type of beverage (wine, beer or spirits) all seemed to inflict the same degree of harm; \u201cWe found no evidence that risk of alcohol-related brain harm differs according to alcoholic beverage type,\u201d study authors wrote.<\/p>\n

Researchers credited the large sample size in offering strong statistical evidence to reveal previously uncharacterized associations across different areas in the brain, as well as connections to drinking patterns. The study had its limitations, like a potentially unrepresentative sample; subjects were \u201chealthier, better educated, less deprived with less ethnic diversity than the general<\/a> population,\u201d authors wrote.<\/p>\n

There are still some unknowns, like the duration of drinking necessary to lend an effect on the brain. Researchers suggested certain life periods, like the teenage years and older age, when the brain undergoes significant change, could increase vulnerability.<\/p><\/div>\n

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