It always
seems to come back to the old adage, a little is great, but a lot can ruin
you. Like so many other things in this
world anything in moderation can be a benefit.
I’ve always felt that alcohol has always been believed to have medicinal
value, but overdoing it can kill you.
If you're partial to a drink or two, you will love the
results of a recent study; researchers have found that a "low" intake
of alcohol may help to cleanse the brain. In a mouse study, scientists from the
University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) in New York found that drinking
the equivalent to around 2.5 alcoholic drinks per day could reduce brain
inflammation. It was also found to
increase the function of the glymphatic system, which is responsible for
removing waste products from the brain. High
alcohol exposure, however, was found to impair glymphatic function and increase
brain inflammation.
Lead study author Dr. Maiken Nedergaard, of the Center
for Translational Neuromedicine at URMC, and colleagues recently reported their
findings in the journal Scientific Reports.
It should come as no surprise that excess alcohol intake can harm
health. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) report that alcohol is a
contributor to "more than 200 health conditions" and causes around
3.3 million deaths across the globe each year.
Increasingly, however, research has suggested that a little alcohol may
do us good.
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