The study looked at risk factors for getting early dementia (before65).
#7 was alcohol use disorder
#8 was no alcohol use (abstinence)
Which again proves the adage-- moderation (not abstinence!) In all things.
Did it say how not consuming alcohol was harmful?
shareNo. I would assume it is correlated with some of the other factors, like social isolation, depression, stroke and heart disease.
shareI really don't see how not drinking can lead to any of those things. Social isolation? Find friends who also don't need to drink. Depression? If not drinking makes a person depressed, they have bigger issues. Stroke and heart disease are caused by many factors. Again, I don't think not drinking causes them.
shareIt said alcohol use disorder.
This implies that alcohol will make you live longer.
If there is a correlation I think it must be a small one.
The list:
Social isolation
Lower formal education
Lower socioeconomic status
Carrying two copies of the APOE gene (a marker that influences Alzheimer’s risk)
Vitamin D deficiency
Hearing impairment
Alcohol use disorder
No alcohol use (abstinence)
Depression
High C-reactive protein levels
Lower handgrip strength (physical frailty)
Orthostatic hypotension (a form of low blood pressure)
Stroke
Diabetes
Heart disease
The article:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/study-early-dementia-risk-factors_l_6596cf44e4b0f27b6e3691c8
Looks like a grab bag of everything to me - what's missing? Greasy farts and hiccups?
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Sounds like I'm home free then!
About twenty years of alcohol abuse, followed by nearly twenty years of abstinence,,, I average out as a moderate drinker!
I think alcohol use is a net negative.
The party line used to be that moderate alcohol
consumption was relaxing on a stress and psychological
level, but the recent studies seem to be pretty clear that
any alcohol usage is not good. But the liquor industry in
this country is a massive money maker, so that is going
to just be ignored.
Huffpost rarely gets anything right.
I don't mind some beer with pizza or pina colada to socialize
in a bar, or a glass of wine with a good meal but I've never
been a big alcohol enthusiast.
I think that still if I totalled up all the drinking I've done
in my life that I did more drinking before college days than
in all the years since.
Cannabis is another story.