Middle-aged men who drink too much may be cutting years off their brain’s good health, says a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Neurology. In what seems to be reason 1,756 to avoid a midlife crisis, a group of researchers from the University College London have concluded that—for men—excessive drinking during one’s 40s and 50s may accelerate mental decline during one’s later years. Women, on the other hand, didn’t appear to experience any significantly ill effects, regardless of how much they imbibed in middle age. Scientists followed a set of over 7,000 men and women over the course of ten years; tracking their alcohol consumption patterns, as well as their cognitive health. Apart from their findings on men, there were a few statistics pointing to more rapid declines in executive functioning—working memory, problem solving skills, ability to reason—in women who drank too much, but the results weren’t strong enough to draw a definitive correlation. Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/what-too-much-drinking-can-do-to-a-mans-brain.html#ixzz2qeyNja69
