Complete abstinence from alcohol leads to senile dementia

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Australian scientists have published data on the benefits of alcohol. According to the results of the study, alcohol in moderate doses saves from dementia in old age.

An article appeared on the pages of Addiction magazine, which tells about the interesting conclusions reached by scientists from Australia. As you know, dementia is a disease that affects the elderly. Its main and most unpleasant manifestations are memory loss and loss of acquired social skills and habits, irritability and aggression, which is replaced by attacks of apathy.

A drug that can completely cure dementia has not yet been invented. But it has been possible to identify a number of factors that influence its manifestation, one of which is excessive alcohol consumption. Trying to understand how complete abstinence from alcohol affects the appearance of senile dementia, scientists from the University of Sydney, New South Wales, studied data collected on six continents. The analysis of the relationship between the amount of alcohol consumed and subsequent neurodegenerative diseases in people over 60 years of age was carried out.

The result did not meet the expectations, since the data say that complete abstinence from alcohol, on the contrary, increases the risk of developing senile dementia in both men and women. This indicator turned out to be maximum compared to a group of people who practiced moderate alcohol consumption throughout their lives.

“The study showed that complete abstinence from alcohol in old age is associated with an increased risk of dementia,” the authors of the article concluded.

In conclusion, the researchers draw attention to the fact that the detected effect should not be perceived as a call for drunkenness. Only moderation in everything, including the use of alcoholic beverages, will help to maintain common sense and clarity of thought in old age.