Abolishing brain cells

Bigredmed
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:57:46 +0000

Note…ingestion of ethanol (alcohol) in and of itself does NOT destroy brain cells. This is a long held prohibitionist propaganda statement that is simply not true. In fact moderate alcohol intake may be protective.

While long term, chronic, severe alcohol abuse can lead to Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s psychosis, development of these conditions has much more to do with chronic malnutrition of the constant drunk than the actual effects of alcohol on the individual brain cells.