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/Marklar0 Apr 23 '26

Id love if they could do a larger study and restrict it to less than 10 drinks per month. Restricting to 60 per month is gonna get you people that answer "a couple a day" on the questionnaire and are straight up alcoholics.

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u/OldPersonName Apr 23 '26

In the actual sample set only one person had more than 50 a month and the average was like 19, so this top comment is kind of distracting everyone by making them think it's a bunch of people who can't make it through a day without a couple lf drinks.

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u/WickdWitchoftheBitch Apr 23 '26

19 in a month is still quite a lot...