Alzheimer's & Alcohol

Study results in February of 2023, by scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, reported that even modest amounts of alcohol can speed up brain atrophy (the loss of brain cells) and increase the number of amyloid plaques (toxic proteins found in the brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Neuroinflamation in the brain is associated with Alzheimer’s. Study results in April of 2023 by a team of Scientists in South Korea discovered that an ingredient found in vinegar (acetate) appears to promote an inflammatory response in a type of brain cells known as astrocytes. They suggest that a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, neuroinflammation, appears to be the result of reactive astrocytes. Reactive astrocytes often precede the degeneration or death of neurons and possibly other types of brain cells.

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