What Alcohol Does to Your Brain (not good... or is it?)
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In this video, Rhonda covers:
- (00:00) How alcohol causes brain volume loss
- (02:07) Why alcohol might increase levels of iron in the brain
- (03:50) How alcohol damages brain cells via acetaldehyde toxicity
- (04:07) How alcohol causes neuroinflammation
- (05:08) Does alcohol increase dementia & Alzheimer's disease risk
- (11:09) Do genetics modify the association between alcohol consumption and cognitive * decline risk?
- (14:43) Alcohol intake recommendations if you have 1 or more copies of the APOE4 allele
- (15:19) Mechanisms responsible for alcohol's effects on Alzheimer's disease & dementia risks
- (19:03) Should you drink red wine for the resveratrol?
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