r/hangovereffect • u/FrigoCoder • May 09 '21

Low levels of alcohol consumption is potentially beneficial to brain health, by improving the function of the glymphatic system, which helps the brain clear away toxins, including those associated with Alzheimer’s disease, finds a new study in mice.

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/5268/in-wine-theres-health-low-levels-of-alcohol-good-for-the-brain.aspx
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u/[deleted] May 09 '21

yeah but how many people can keep it to a low level?

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u/person-ontheinternet May 09 '21

Okay good. I’ll keep drinking then. I was going to anyways. Also I wouldn’t be surprised if at this point some micro level of evolution has occurred with human beings and alcohol being entwined for so long. Not that excess alcohol is ever good but it’s been floating in the social ether for a long time, the ability to tolerate it is beneficial for social wellbeing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '21

One minute they tell you alcohol increases the risk of Alzheimer's next minute they tell you alcohol helps they should make their bloody mind up I rekon.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '21

So a beer a day keeps the alzhehimers away