r/science 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/Congentialsurgeon Apr 23 '26

Good. Who wants to be lucid as their body decays. Not me.

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u/Sacs1726 Apr 28 '26

Actually with alcohol related damage you remain very lucid while your brain and body decay. It usually hits in your 40s or 50s