Science: Heavy drinking makes brain work faster

[Misfit]

Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol | Body & Brain | Science News

Alcohol may give heavy drinkers more than just a buzz. It can also fuel their brains, a new study suggests.

Long-term booze use boosts brain levels of acetate, an energy-rich by-product of alcohol metabolism, researchers report online March 8 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. In the study, people who downed at least eight drinks per week also sucked more energy from acetate than their light-drinking counterparts.

The extra energy may give heavy drinkers more incentive to imbibe, says study coauthor Graeme Mason of Yale University. And the caloric perk might help explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard.

 

[Larry Gude]

When Mason first saw the results, he says, “I jumped out of my chair and threw my fist in the air.” He had suspected that people with high blood acetate levels would be better at wringing energy from the chemical, but he says, “the effect was way bigger than I thought.”

That's pretty much my reaction, too.

 

[Gilligan]

So drinking makes ya smarter. We always knew that.

 

[Homer J]

Well, I know what I'll be bringing to work for breakfast from now on.




Does this count as a serving of fruit too?

 

[MMDad]

So drinking makes ya smarter. We always knew that.

:shrug: It does make us more fully appreciate the true beauty of women we might not otherwise want to talk to.

 

[vraiblonde]

So drinking makes ya smarter.

And prettier!

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

And prettier!

And braver.....

 

[MMDad]

And prettier!

It never made me pretty.

 

[vraiblonde]

It never made me pretty.

I thought it did :shrug:

 

[Baja28]

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

 

[Misfit]

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

That makes sense to me. :shrug:

 

[MMDad]

I thought it did :shrug:

Were you drinking friday? It worked on you, too.

 

[MMDad]

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

Must be why Tommy is so smart.

 

[cricketmd]

And prettier!

And a better dancer - "The Centerfuge Dance"

 

[vraiblonde]

And a better dancer - "The Centerfuge Dance"

 

[Larry Gude]

"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

Yet one more reason to not trust sober people; they dumba.

 

[cricketmd]

:splat:

 

[Baja28]

Must be why Tommy is so smart.

I saw the "6th DUI" thread and thought Tommy had returned to MD.