Many people have realized that drinking is harmful to health. But many of them still have a fluke mentality, thinking that a small amount of alcohol can reduce the harm. Really? Every drop of wine you drink is hurting your brain In March, 2022, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania published a study entitled "the relationship between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes" in the journal Nature communication, a sub Journal of nature. The study found that even moderate drinking can make the brain smaller, and mild to moderate drinking is related to the reduction of overall brain volume. In this study, researchers analyzed the correlation between alcohol intake and brain structure of 36678 healthy middle-aged and elderly people in the British biological sample bank, and calculated the volume of white matter and gray matter in different regions of the brain through brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Researchers observed an obvious trend when grouping. With the increase of alcohol intake, the volume of gray matter and white matter of the brain is decreasing, and the more you drink, the worse the situation. To better understand the effects of alcohol consumption on the brain, researchers compared the brain shrinkage associated with alcohol consumption with that associated with aging. Specifically, compared with not drinking at all: One alcohol unit per day (about 8 grams of alcohol), equivalent to half a year of brain aging; 2 alcohol units per day (about 16 grams of alcohol), and the brain has aged for 2 years; 3 alcohol units per day (about 24 grams of alcohol), brain aging for 3.5 years; Four alcohol units per day (about 32 grams of alcohol), brain aging for more than 10 years. You should know that most of the common Baijiu in the market are low (38%vol) and high (52%vol). Now, based on the average centring calculation, a bottle of 500 ml 45 degree Baijiu contains about 225 ml of pure alcohol, that is, about 177 grams. Four alcohol units a day, 32 grams of alcohol is less than 2 liang of Baijiu. Alcoholism is equal to chronic suicide Drinking alcohol for brain aging is not the most terrible, the most terrible and fatal injury - cerebral hemorrhage! Wan Jifeng, chief physician of Neurology Department of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of traditional Chinese medicine, described a case: A man in his forties was sent to the hospital by his wife until he was sent to the operating room. His wife has been crying and scolding. The tone of his voice has a kind of meaning that iron is not steel. When the woman was talking about the situation, she cried and learned that their family used to run a restaurant. At that time, her husband had a lot of social intercourse and formed the habit of drinking. According to the lady, the hotel business became worse and worse. That is, since then, her husband was depressed and immersed in alcohol every day, with more and more alcohol. He once drank his blood pressure to 180, during which he quarreled, encouraged and persuaded him many times, but neither way was helpful. Until this time, people were brought to the hospital. After rescue, the man was out of danger, but unfortunately, irreversible injuries still occurred to his lower limbs, making it difficult to walk in the future. Drinking causes cerebral hemorrhage. Many patients who are addicted to alcohol can be said to have no such awareness. So why can drinking make cerebral blood vessels rupture and cause cerebral hemorrhage? Doctor Wan Jifeng explained that there are mainly the following reasons for alcohol induced cerebral hemorrhage: First, long-term heavy drinking first affects the liver, which will promote the synthesis of cholesterol and triglycerides, leading to arteriosclerosis. In the later stage, the lumen of blood vessels continues to narrow, which is easy to cause serious blockage of cerebral vessels. And it will lead to the lack of coagulation factors, decreased platelet production, and reduced response to bleeding. Second, alcohol can act on the nervous and vascular system. When drinking, the nerves are excited. After drinking, the blood pressure will continue to rise. For patients with cerebral arteriosclerosis, it is easy to rupture blood vessels and have cerebral hemorrhage. Third, alcohol will stimulate the blood vessel wall, damage the intima of blood vessels, make blood vessels lose elasticity, cause hardening of blood vessels, and make blood vessels more prone to rupture. At the same time, alcohol will stimulate cerebral vasoconstriction and reduce blood flow, which is easy to cause insufficient blood supply to the brain. If there are patients with three high and cerebral arteriosclerosis, drinking will directly increase the probability of cerebral hemorrhage significantly. After cerebral hemorrhage, patients who have been drinking for a long time have poor coagulation function at this time, and the body's treatment effect on vascular rupture is not good. In other words, cerebral blood vessels rupture, but the coagulation mechanism in the body can't stop the blood at all, so the damage will be greater. The safest drinking amount is 0! The 2018 issue of the lancet, the world's top medical journal, pointed out that the safest amount of alcohol consumption is 0, that is, not drinking alcohol is the most beneficial to health. Many people think that drinking a lot of wine is harmful to their health, drinking a little wine is pleasant to their feelings, and drinking less is beneficial to their health. There is even the saying that "red wine softens blood vessels". In fact, these have no scientific basis at all, not only do they not maintain good health, but also hurt their health in the long run. Drinking causes cerebral hemorrhage. Many patients who are addicted to alcohol can be said to have no such awareness. So why can drinking make cerebral blood vessels rupture and cause cerebral hemorrhage? Doctor Wan Jifeng explained that there are mainly the following reasons for alcohol induced cerebral hemorrhage: First, long-term heavy drinking first affects the liver, which will promote the synthesis of cholesterol and triglycerides, leading to arteriosclerosis. In the later stage, the lumen of blood vessels continues to narrow, which is easy to cause serious blockage of cerebral vessels. And it will lead to the lack of coagulation factors, decreased platelet production, and reduced response to bleeding. Second, alcohol can act on the nervous and vascular system. When drinking, the nerves are excited. After drinking, the blood pressure will continue to rise. For patients with cerebral arteriosclerosis, it is easy to rupture blood vessels and have cerebral hemorrhage. Third, alcohol will stimulate the blood vessel wall, damage the intima of blood vessels, make blood vessels lose elasticity, cause hardening of blood vessels, and make blood vessels more prone to rupture. At the same time, alcohol will stimulate cerebral vasoconstriction and reduce blood flow, which is easy to cause insufficient blood supply to the brain. If there are patients with three high and cerebral arteriosclerosis, drinking will directly increase the probability of cerebral hemorrhage significantly. After cerebral hemorrhage, patients who have been drinking for a long time have poor coagulation function at this time, and the body's treatment effect on vascular rupture is not good. In other words, cerebral blood vessels rupture, but the coagulation mechanism in the body can't stop the blood at all, so the damage will be greater. The safest drinking amount is 0! The 2018 issue of the lancet, the world's top medical journal, pointed out that the safest amount of alcohol consumption is 0, that is, not drinking alcohol is the most beneficial to health. Many people think that drinking a lot of wine is harmful to their health, drinking a little wine is pleasant to their feelings, and drinking less is beneficial to their health. There is even the saying that "red wine softens blood vessels". In fact, these have no scientific basis at all, not only do they not maintain good health, but also hurt their health in the long run. (outlook new era)