The key word is "moderate" drinking, meaning two drinks a day for men, and one for women, and one benefit is a better chance of remembering if you've been moderate in your drinking. Web MD reports that when reseachers at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. reviewed 143 studies comprising more than 365,000 participants from 19 countries, they found that moderate drinkers were 23 percent less likely to develop signs of memory problems or Alzheimer's disease.The researchers found that he benefit was the same among men and women, and that wine seemed to be more protective than beer or spirits. They also found that heavy alcohol consumption or more than three to five drinks per day did show a trend of increased risk for memory problems and dementia in the study, but this finding did not reach statistical significance.
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