Image by Gone-Walkabout via FlickrSo, is alcohol something that you 'enjoy'? You may, but at the expense of your body…
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05:55 AM Jun 18, 2009
LONDON - For the first time, researchers have proved the rapid changes that drinking alcohol causes in human brain cells.
Previous tests on how alcohol affects the brain have only been done on animals.
Only 6 minutes after consuming an amount of alcohol equivalent to three glasses of beer or two glasses of wine - leading to a blood alcohol level of 0.05 to 0.06 per cent - researchers found that changes had already taken place in brain cells.
Eight male and seven female volunteers took part in an experiment where they drank a specified amount of alcohol through a straw while lying in a MRI brain scanner.
Dr Armin Biller, a neurologist at Heidelberg University Hospital in Germany, said chemical substances which normally protect brain cells are reduced as the concentration of alcohol increases. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
From TODAY, World – Thursday, 18-Jun-2009; see the source article here.
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How about a drink to your health?
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