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Alcohol Abuse and the Resulting Brain Damage

By: Ed Philips

Brain imaging studies have proven that long term alcohol abuse can physically shrink the parts of the brain that control learning and memory. This shrinkage is greatest in the cortex of the frontal lobe which is the center of higher intellectual functions and naturally this shrinkage will grow with age and continued alcohol use. The first noticeable sign of damage from alcohol is short-term memory loss.

Periodic imagining in alcoholics over a five year span showed the brain shrinkage steadily progressed throughout the study. The level of brain shrinkage was directly related to the amount of alcohol consumed and the results were far above anything in the normal range of brain loss.

Alcohol related brain damage possibly affect any alcoholic who consumes large amounts of alcohol over a period of time. Factors that determine the severity of the damage are the system of the drinker, the type and amount of alcohol consumed and the overall diet of the drinker.

Brain damage can also be furthered by the nutritional problems that are associated with drinking. Malnutrition is often the result of excessive drinking and can affect the brain. Vital areas of the brain are damaged due to vitamin deficiencies, thiamine in particular. Alcohol creates increased toxicity levels in the body even after alcohol use which damages vital to include not only the brain, but also the liver, pancreas and kidneys.

Serious effects on the central nervous system are also the result of alcohol.

If caught early enough, much of the alcohol damage can possibly be reversed and can sometimes disappear entirely. This reversal can be best supported by a complete abstinence from alcohol, an improved diet and by taking vitamins, especially B1 and thiamine. In addition, there is a vitamin called milk thistle that can ever help restore liver functions.

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