Posted on 01/17/2014 12:34:00 PM PST by Loyalist
Middle-aged men who drink the equivalent of two and a half pints a day risk speeding up memory loss and mental decline by six years, researchers have warned.
A 10-year study of more than 7,000 male and female civil servants found men who regularly drank significant amounts of alcohol suffered notable mental decline. The study was reported in the journal Neurology.
In contrast men who drank less than one and a half pints a day, or a glass and a half of wine suffered no impact on mental ability.
The heaviest drinkers were found to have the equivalent memory of someone in their early seventies even though they were still in their mid-sixties, researchers found.
The study proved that some of the memory loss experienced in old age may have been caused by unhealthy drinking habits in middle age.
(Excerpt) Read more at life.nationalpost.com ...
Inarguable logic there once again!
Obviously researched by women.
Are they drinking because of the decline in memory, or is the decline due to the drinking? None of these “studies” can determine cause and effect.
Is it possible that beer drinkers have a gene that makes them want more beer and also makes them forget? Can’t tell from the “study.”
Hey honey, how about a ..... I forgot its name.
Winston Churchill. I rest my case.
Some things are best forgotten.
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