Scientists have come to the conclusion: even after we stop drinking alcohol, alcoholic beverages continue to destroy our brain for at least another 6 weeks. The information obtained in the course of research should help to learn more about what changes occur in the body of alcoholics.
What is the danger of alcohol?
Anyone knows that drinking alcohol has a negative effect on all organs, but the brain suffers the most. And earlier it was quite difficult to conduct thorough research, which is caused by regular relapses, which did not give an accurate and clear picture.
But thanks to a new group of subjects and the use of MRI, scientists were able to understand exactly how alcohol affects the brain and what happens to it after quitting alcohol for the next 6 weeks.
The study participants were 90 people who were taken to the clinic after their hospitalization as a result of drinking a large amount of alcohol. The result is the following - even after 100% of cocktails, beer and wine, changes in the brain were observed for another 6 weeks.
As noted by Dr. Santiago Canal, one of the authors of the study, until now no one could assume that even after a person has given up alcohol, negative changes are all equally happened.
Moreover, the important point was that all patients who participated in the studies participated in the detoxification program. This means that while the studies were conducted, they definitely did not consume alcohol, which could somehow affect the results.
As the researchers noted, the changes affected the benefits of the frontal lobes of the brain - it is this part that is responsible for attention, movement, memory, and the ability to speak. In parallel, scientists studied the brains of rats, which were placed in similar conditions. They showed the same changes.
According to the researchers, their findings contradict the generally accepted idea that our brains begin to recovering immediately after a person quits drinking - this process requires much more time.
What have the scientists from China proved?
Scientists from Peking University have observed subjects (more than 500 thousand people) for 10 years. people) and came to the conclusion - in contrast to the opinion that moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of stroke and heart ailments, alcoholic beverages increase it:
- 15% when drinking 1-2 servings of alcohol per day;
- up to 40% - when drinking 4 servings of alcohol.
True, these studies cannot be applied to everyone, since the Asian subjects have a reduced susceptibility to alcohol. This means that they are more likely to suffer from the effects of drinking.
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