Alcohol Shrinks Your Brain. Seriously, It Does. | Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 15 March 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Your brain shrinks every time you take a sip of beer or wine.
The Brain Docs, Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, join "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to discuss alcohol's effects on the brain, including shrinkage, and why drinking increases the risk for depression, Alzheimer's disease, and other cognitive issues.
Find out whether any amount of alcohol safe.
The discussion also touches on ways to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's, whether all animal proteins contribute to cognitive decline, and how to slow the progression of the disease.
Plus, you'll discover why happiness and humor are critical for brain health.
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Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai
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Chuck Carroll
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| 0:00.0 | There's this misconception that alcohol seems to be a health food. |
| 0:06.2 | That's the misconception that we all get. |
| 0:08.0 | We keep hearing that wine is good for your brain, a certain amount of wine is good for your |
| 0:11.7 | brain, and reality is the amount of alcohol that's good for your brain is zero. |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.1 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us in more than 130 countries and |
| 0:33.8 | healthy cities coast to coast in the US. |
| 0:36.8 | False Church, Virginia, Loma, Linda, California, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
| 0:43.0 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:47.2 | This is episode 22 of season 5, number 321 overall. |
| 0:54.2 | Today? |
| 0:55.2 | Well, this is all about your brain. |
| 0:58.0 | And having a healthy mind as you grow older. |
| 1:01.9 | Now there has been some controversial research recently about whether alcohol can keep |
| 1:07.7 | that from happening. |
| 1:09.6 | And the particular study that we're going to be discussing shows that beer and wine |
| 1:14.4 | and spirits, they all cause the brain to shrink. |
| 1:20.5 | Yes, they cause the brain to shrink. |
| 1:22.9 | Now you may be saying, well, what do you mean the brain shrinks? |
| 1:27.4 | Well, here to explain are two of the most celebrated neuroscientists and Alzheimer's disease |
| 1:33.4 | experts on the planet. |
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