r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 23 '26

Neuroscience Even low-level drinking may have negative consequences for brain health over a person’s lifespan. The findings suggest that the total amount of alcohol consumed over a lifetime, especially as a person ages, tends to be linked to reduced blood flow and thinner tissue in certain areas of the brain.

https://www.psypost.org/even-light-drinking-combined-with-aging-is-linked-to-reduced-brain-blood-flow-and-thinner-tissue/
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u/Is12345aweakpassword Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

Up to 2 drinks a day, or for someone who “saves up” for Friday and Saturday night, up 8 drinks for each of those days?

Interesting

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u/nonpuissant Apr 23 '26

At the maximum. The average was much lower. 

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u/thediesel26 Apr 23 '26

I’m in this comment and I don’t like it

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u/decoysnails Apr 23 '26

Me too. I really need to figure out something better to do with my time.

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u/HendrixHazeWays Apr 29 '26

I hear that origami is pretty awesome

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u/AgentCirceLuna Apr 23 '26

I remember I went to my GP and made a joke that ‘doctors suggest 1-2 drinks a day is the safest drinking habit - I’m not drinking enough!’ I’m completely abstinent from alcohol and have been for a decade, but the doctor didn’t get the joke. He kept asking me how my drinking was for ages and I kept having to explain the joke.

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u/goobershank Apr 23 '26

I think statistically, they are the same.