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Originally Posted by Iggy
You are wrong here, alcohol is a poison. It destroys the body. It not only kills brain cells it does irreversible damage to nearly every organ in the body.
Even in moderation it still does the same irreversible damage.
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Im sure we could spend a considerable amount of time spouting "Im right, you're wrong", and Im sure we can all provide a list of evidence supporting of our claims.
I just typed in the following search to google "brain cells alcohol moderation"...
The idea that alcohol kills brain cells has long been promoted.
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The early temperance writers made this assertion and also insisted that the alcohol in their blood could cause “drunkards” to catch fire and burn alive. 1
This combustion argument against drinking was dropped long ago but many anti-alcohol writers continue to promote the idea that even moderate drinking causes brain cells to die.
Scientific medical research has actually demonstrated that the moderate consumption of alcohol is associated with better cognitive (thinking and reasoning) skills and memory than is abstaining from alcohol.
Moderate drinking doesn’t kill brain cells but helps the brain function better into old age. Studies around the world involving many thousands of people report this finding.
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David J. Hanson, Ph.D
Does Drinking Alcohol Kill Brain Cells?
Of course the article goes on to say that alcohol abuse is a problem and can lead to problems, but new research shows that abstinence after abuse allows brains to repair themselves.
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A study in 1999 that examined the brains of alcoholics appeared to confirm this. Published in the journal Neuroscience, the research found that subjects who developed Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, a severe disorder that ravages the memory and stems from a thiamine deficiency associated with alcoholism, had a marked reduction in cell density in the cerebellum.
But there was little difference between alcoholics who did not develop the syndrome and normal subjects, suggesting that it was largely a lack of thiamine in the Wernicke-Korsakoff patients that killed off their cells.
Other studies, including one published in The British Medical Journal in 1997, have produced similar findings.
THE BOTTOM LINE Alcohol may not kill brain cells per se, but it can impair brain function, among other things.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/health/23real.html
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NEW research, to be revealed at a conference of some of the world's top neuroscientists in Cairns today, has found alcohol does not kill off brain cells as always thought.
For years imbibers have been told a big night on the drink wipes out entire sections of human brain cell function with much the same destructive equivalent as a napalm bombing strike.
According to Queensland Brain Institute director Professor Perry Bartlett, this is not true.
There is no evidence drinking alcohol leads directly to the death of brain cells, he said.
"Some of the best studies, done in Italy, show a bottle of wine a night can reduce the risk of dementia in old age," Professor Bartlett said.
In moderation, alcohol has positive benefits for blood vessel health and stroke prevention. And, as an added bonus, new brain cells are generated every day of our lives.
Research by Professor Bartlett and his team has found we all have an inbuilt repair kit replenishing the more than 100 billion cells - or neurons - in our brain.
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Study finds alcohol doesn't kill off brain cells | NEWS.com.au
So you know what, I still don't say it's a poison - if used in moderation. Of course we are all aware of the dangers of drinking excess alcohol leading to Liver Damage and other bodily issues.
Im going to go with my thought that God thinks we're all irresponsible people blaming alcohol for our sins instead of being rational responsible people who are able to draw the line.
Course, Im not saying you should go against anything HF has commanded you, just don't tell me drinking in moderation is bad and all alcohol is a poison.
Cya
Simon