If Dry January is already hard for you, we have some worse news for you. A doctor recommends that you stop drinking for good after a certain age. While some of us are already reeling from trying to give up booze for a month, the idea of never drinking a cold beer again is enough to send shivers down your spine.
Unfortunately, as you get older, alcohol has more long-term effects on your health and well-being. According to an expert, it may be wiser to completely eliminate alcohol from your diet to prevent the development of dementia. The Alzheimer’s Society says research shows that excessive alcohol consumption increases the chance that a person will develop dementia.
“Alcohol is a substance that causes harm”
Drinking directly correlates with reduced white brain tissue volume, which can keep your brain from functioning normally. Dr. Richard Restak has also stated that regular drinking or excessive drinking can cause damage to your health. However, this does mean that a drink here and there won’t have as much of an effect in comparison.
The medical professional’s new book, titled ‘How to Prevent Dementia: An Expert’s Guide to Long-Term Brain Health’, describes alcohol as a ‘direct neurotoxin’. A neurotoxin can be defined as a substance that damages, destroys, or impairs the function of the nervous system. Because of the damage alcohol can cause, Dr. Restak revealed an age when you should completely eliminate it from your life.
65 years
“I strongly recommend that if you are 65 or older that you completely and permanently eliminate alcohol from your life,” he wrote. “You may be in danger, and it’s probably best to stop altogether.” He also calls on people to reconsider their relationship with alcohol, regardless of age, especially if they rely on it for mood boosts or self-confidence in social situations.
Loss of recent memory
Dr. Restak also specified the type of dementia associated with drinking too much, namely the ‘Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome’, which can be identified as ‘a severe loss of recent memory’ that is ‘the direct effect of alcohol on the brain’. Long-term excessive drinking over a lifetime can also lead to a vitamin B1 deficiency, which can cause the syndrome. 65 years may seem far away to many of you, but it’s never too early to start paying a little more attention to our health.
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2024-01-17 17:26:00
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