READ MORE: Fathers who drink too much can affect the health of the fetus “While going from zero to a daily average of one alcohol unit was associated with the equivalent of a half a year of aging, the difference between zero and four drinks was more than 10 years of aging,” the researchers found.Ī 2012 study reported that the World Health Organisation awarded “South Africa a score of 4 (drinking 5 or more beers or glasses of wine at one sitting for men, and more than 3 drinks for women) out of 5 on a least risky to most risky patterns-of-drinking scale – the higher the score, the greater the alcohol-attributable burden of disease for the country. The more alcohol you drink above one drink, the worse things get. “The research, using a dataset of more than 36,000 adults, revealed that going from one to two drinks a day was linked with changes in the brain equivalent to aging two years,” Science Daily reported. Previous research has highlighted the negative effects heavy drinking can have on the brain now, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that even one drink can cause harm to the brain. However, a new study has warned that having even one drink a day can shrink your brain.
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In today’s society alcohol has a place in our lives, from celebrations to commiseration’s. Many of us can agree that a toast just feels better with a glass of bubbly.
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Few things match the pleasure of watching a gorgeous sunset from a rooftop while sipping on a cold drink.