02/11/2024
Popular but Deadly - This Substance Wrecks Your Brain
Don't be fooled by its popularity. It's one of the quickest ways to wreck your brain. Not only does it easily pass into all tissues in your body, it 'converts' into a poison that indiscriminately damages and kills cells - even altering hormonal balance and setting off cancer.
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Alcohol consumption, even at low levels, can negatively impact brain structure, reducing overall brain volume and affecting gray and white matter integrity
- Ethanol in alcoholic drinks is converted to acetaldehyde, a toxic substance that damages cells indiscriminately, leading to various health issues including increased cancer risk
- Alcohol disrupts gut health by killing beneficial bacteria, potentially causing leaky gut syndrome and triggering inflammatory responses that affect your liver and brain
- Regular alcohol consumption can alter hormonal balance, increasing estrogen levels and potentially raising cancer risk, especially for breast cancer
- While N-acetylcysteine (NAC) supplementation may help mitigate some harmful effects of alcohol, abstaining completely is the safest option for optimal health
https://youtu.be/viGhqyxNZPE?si=uUp5-QubPvb7NUIJ
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No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health!
"An estimated 474,000 deaths from cardiovascular diseases were caused by alcohol consumption in 2019. Alcohol is an established carcinogen and alcohol consumption increases the risk of several cancers, including breast, liver, head and neck, esophageal and colorectal cancers. In 2019, 4.4% of cancers diagnosed globally and 401 000 cancer deaths were attributed to alcohol consumption."
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/alcohol
