Alcohol is Safe as Long as I Don’t Drink Too Much, Right?

If someone walked up to you with a 16 ounce glass of liquid and said the following:

“I’d like for you to drink this and when you do you may experience dizziness, difficulty reading, and difficulty walking in a straight line. In fact your cognitive funtioning will deteriorate so much that you will be illegal to drive. If you get caught driving while you are still feeling these effects you will be arrested and possibly in jail.

Assuming that you do not drive and therefore do not get caught driving illegally, you will still have a few issues to deal with.For example, after you have drunk all of this liquid you may also experience fatigue of such intensity that you “pass out” . In addition, it may cause you to have an upset stomach… in fact you very well may throw up. In the morning your head will hurt as a result off having suffered brain damage from the liquid and you may not feel like getting out of bed.”

Would you drink it?

 

Unfortunately I bet you would if you’re like most americans. one thing we know for sure is that Americans love to do things that they know aren’t good for them and one of those things is drinking alcohol.

 

Alcohol is implicated in a number of very serious diseases, and always has been. It’s just that it isn’t very well publicized. Alcohol contributes to type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, acid reflux, obesity, and even multiple sclerosis.

 

Mainstream liquor manufacturers (and their well-paid marketing teams) have done an excellent job convincing us that a moderate drinking habit CAN actually benefit our overall health.  Bull roar….

 

The reality is just the opposite. I swore off alcohol years ago because it truly was pickling my brain, causing  weight gain and severely interfering with my ability to sleep. I believed I was showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and was later able to confirm as much. How did I avoid Alzheimer’s? One of the things I did was stop drinking.

 

Today there is an important new study looking at over 20,000 people in the United Kingdom which clearly establishes that as little as four standard alcoholic drinks a week can be linked to brain changes associated with cognitive decline, specifically Alzheimer’s.

 

This research is the first to directly correlate increased brain iron levels with moderate alcohol consumption. 

 

What has iron got to do with brain health?

 

Turns out the brain is highly susceptible to damage due to iron overload. Iron accumulation in the brain has been found to impair cognitive function in various neurodegenerative diseases and is specifically implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).19, 20

 

Most people are completely in the dark about the dangers of alcohol. Over the last few years several studies have begun to shed light on the detrimental effects of alcohol, from raising one’s risk of cancer to causing structural damage to the brain.

 

The hypothesis driving the research arose from studies associating high brain iron levels with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Abnormal accumulations of iron in the brain have been detected in the brains of heavy alcohol drinkers, so this study wanted to know if the association could also be found in moderate drinkers.

 

Turns out it could.

 

Bottom line, you might want to rethink whether or not you want to put that stuff in your body. It attacks the brain, hypothalamus and thyroid and causes all manner of disease. Did I mention that it is fattening? And that it can lead to one of the worst addictions affecting mankind called alcoholism? Before you take that next drink, please ask yourself “Is it worth it?” 

I think not.