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According to a recent study, drinking seven or more alcoholic beverages per week is associated with brain alterations and cognitive deterioration. A recent PLOS Medicine study with over 21,000 participants discovered a link between higher levels of iron in the brain and weekly alcohol use of seven or more units. Iron accumulation in the brain has been linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's illnesses and may play a role in the cognitive deterioration brought on by alcohol consumption. There is growing evidence that even moderate alcohol consumption can harm the health of the brain. Alcohol consumption and brain iron levels were examined by Anya Topiwala and colleagues from the University of Oxford in the UK. They used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to look at the brains of 20,965 volunteers from the UK Biobank who supplied information on their personal alcohol intake. A total of nearly 7,000 persons had their livers evaluated using MRI in order to detect the levels of systemic ...

, The amygdala, a region of the brain, is linked to both anxiety and melancholy, two emotions that are frequently related with alcoholism. The effects of oscillations, or changes in coordinated brain activity, between areas like the amygdala and prefrontal cortex are observable in both rodents and humans. However, it is unclear how alcohol could impact the amygdala network and effect behavior. Drinking mice In male and female mice, alcohol has varied effects on amygdala activity. DiLeo and colleagues, eNeuro 2022 After giving mice alcohol, Alyssa DiLeo and her team observed changes in oscillatory states in the amygdala. In male and female mice, and notably after repeated alcohol treatment, alcohol had distinct effects on amygdala oscillations. In fact, repeated alcohol treatment had no effect at all on the oscillatory state of females. The experiment was replicated on mice lacking a receptor subunit linked to anxiety and alcohol use, which caused features of the female network activity...

Recent studies suggest that your parents' drinking patterns may have an impact on your risk of developing a food addiction. A recent University of Michigan study found that people with an alcoholic parent are more likely to show symptoms of food addiction. These foods, which include ice cream, chocolate, pizza, and fries, have excessively high concentrations of refined carbohydrates and lipids that may lead to addiction in some people. Researchers at the University of Michigan wanted to know if having an alcoholic parent, who is a major risk factor for addiction, increased the likelihood of developing an addiction to highly processed foods. This clinically serious addiction to highly processed foods, characterized by a loss of control over consumption, strong cravings, and an unwillingness to cut back despite unpleasant effects, appears to affect as many as 1 in 5 persons. According to Lindzey Hoover, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Michigan and the study'...