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A tipple benefits the brain
By NICOLETTE BURKE in Canberra
03aug05
REGULARLY having a glass of wine, or two, with dinner could sharpen your dinner party conversation. But abstain altogether, or drink too much, like people in Texas sometimes do, and you could be considered a dullard.
People who average two alcoholic drinks a day are better thinkers than teetotallers and very heavy drinkers, a new study has found.
An Australian National University study of 7000 people has found those who drink in moderation have better verbal skills, memory and speed of thinking than those at the extremes of the drinking spectrum.
But researchers say it is a mystery why.
The study overturns the conventional belief that alcohol kills off brain cells, leaving all drinkers less well off in the brains department.
Researcher Dr Bryan Rodgers said people who drank moderately also seemed to be healthier physically and mentally.
By NICOLETTE BURKE in Canberra
03aug05
REGULARLY having a glass of wine, or two, with dinner could sharpen your dinner party conversation. But abstain altogether, or drink too much, like people in Texas sometimes do, and you could be considered a dullard.
People who average two alcoholic drinks a day are better thinkers than teetotallers and very heavy drinkers, a new study has found.
An Australian National University study of 7000 people has found those who drink in moderation have better verbal skills, memory and speed of thinking than those at the extremes of the drinking spectrum.
But researchers say it is a mystery why.
The study overturns the conventional belief that alcohol kills off brain cells, leaving all drinkers less well off in the brains department.
Researcher Dr Bryan Rodgers said people who drank moderately also seemed to be healthier physically and mentally.