MONDAY, Oct. 13– A new study says that higher alcohol intake can hurt or shrink your brain.

Rajesh Miranda, who is an associate professor of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, says: “Though we known about that, it’s huge study which quantifies that.”

Miranda added, “It is not surprising that higher alcohol intake lead to the brain shrinkage, as such sort of things have also been observed in many other smaller studies and animal models. However, the astonishing thing is that the current study shows that even lower levels of alcohol intake are not protective.”

Their findings will be published in the Archives of Neurology in the October issue.The Brain volume of people naturally reduces (1.9 percent per decade) with passing age and similarly it also gets white matter lesions as people age. According to background information in the study, both these changes lead to cognitive decline and dementia.

The results of many previous studies show that moderate levels of alcohol intake have links with decrease risk of cardiovascular disease. Similarly, many other studies also show that drinking alcohol in moderation not only decreases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, but also improves cognitive function.