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Alcohol is Good for Your Brain

Posted by michael on from the wine-topic-sadly-inappropriate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new study reported on by Nature is saying that moderate consumption of alchohol wards off dementia. Better drink up!"

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  1. And by obeythefist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It damages your stomach lining, damages your liver and can cause diabetes, increases your weight, and increases your risk of bowel cancer.

    Moderation is a very good idea.

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    1. Re:And by Transcendent · · Score: 4, Insightful

      ...water dillutes the acids in your stomach, causing lining buildup and limiting your ability to break down foods, which can cause malnutrition.

      Seriously, name ONE thing that doesn't have an adverse side effect in any way, especially if you exagerate your claims (alcohol is good for your liver... in moderation).

    2. Re:And by Seumas · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Now, you're just being silly.

      I'm not a drinker. I don't even like alchohol as I can't stand the taste. They say it's an "acquired taste" that you have to learn to like. Well, I'm sure feces is the same way, but I don't want to acquire a taste for that, either.

      However, it's ridiculous for you to bring up all of these things as if everyone who has a drink now and then is going to drink so much that they're going to damage their kidneys, liver and stomach - not to mention drive drunk and kill people.

      Soda damages your organs, as do a wide variety of other daily consumables. The point is moderation. And as for addiction - well, if you have a history of it in your family, you probalby shouldn't drink. But to suggest that most people can't keep their hands off the bottle is just stupid. And suggesting that most people drive drunk is just stupid.

      Really, your argument has nothing to do with this topic. The report didn't say "drink as much as you can, as often as you can - and drive around while you're doing it, too". It said an occasional drink. Maybe you're one of those recovering looney's that thinks just because they can't control themselves around a glass means that the rest of the world has the same problem and needs to give it up.

  2. But the study is about women... by FuturePastNow · · Score: 2, Insightful

    so how does this help /. users?

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