Daily Beer Consumption Shrinks the Brain

Two mugs of beer a day shrink your brain just as much as a decade of aging. Scientists analyzed 36,000 high-quality MRI brain scans. The result: regular alcohol consumption causes the brain to age and shrink. The damage to memory is not linear—the more you drink, the greater the damage. Half a mug takes 6 months from the brain, a whole mug 2 years, and two mugs a whole 10 years. Now scientists want to find out what is worse: drinking a can a day or drinking seven cans on a Friday for the entire week.