Moderate Drinking May Be Good for the Brain

[Mike B 625]

By Nicholas Bakalar (NYT)

Moderate alcohol consumption may lead to slower mental decline in middle-age and older people, a new study found.

Some previous studies have suggested that moderate drinking has beneficial cognitive effects; others have found it harmful.

In the new study, published in JAMA Network Open, researchers tracked the cognitive abilities of almost 20,000 people for an average of more than nine years. The scientists tested the participants in three domains: mental status, word recall and vocabulary....

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/well/eat/moderate-drinking-study.html?referringSource=articleShare

[Nathan Mitchell 1]

After reading the article, I was a bit surprised to see that 15 drink per week for men was considered moderate. I assumed it would have been about half that number.