DRINKING around 10 schooners of beer a week can make your brain shrink, scientists have warned.
Research has shown that consuming less than two schooners a day can cut the size of your grey matter – and the more you drink, the smaller it gets.
Just two glasses of wine a day is enough to cause shrinkage more normally associated with the ageing process.
The study, which compared the drinking habits and brain size of almost 2000 people, also revealed that women are more vulnerable to alcohol's effects on the brain.
I guess Cliff 's Buffalo theory of drinking beer was correct after all
"Well, you 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's 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. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
"In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weakest brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
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