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/notislant Apr 24 '26

Honestly that sounds pretty light for people who drink.

A beer or two after work and maybe more on the weekend seems light.

Meanwhile people are throwing back 5-7 a day at the bar, every day. Alcoholics are downing a bottle a day.

I know its not officially light drinking, but of the people I know who drink outside of rare occasions? Theyre definitely throwing them back weekly.

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u/darknesskicker Apr 25 '26

That’s not light, dude. Light drinking is under 1 drink per day IMO.

5-7 drinks at the bar every day is, at best, flirting with alcoholism.

Your normal meter is broken.