[kj] OT: Drinking leads to brain shrinkage

[Brendan]

They were mentioning small decreases in brain volume, they didn't say
anything about turning people into drooling cretins.


> countessghoulita at aol.com ha scritto:

>>

>>     *From:* countessghoulita at aol.com <mailto:countessghoulita at aol.com>

>>     *To:* gathering at misera.net <mailto:gathering at misera.net>

>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2008 6:28 AM

>>     *Subject:* Re: [kj] OT: Drinking leads to brain shrinkage

>>

>>     I do not know whom I should believe. If you go to the deep Italian

>>     countryside, you would see old people still in great mental shape,

>>     maybe fragile, but they are really fine. They drink their glass of

>>     wine per meal, and they are fine.

>>

> If drinking wine regularly would really harm your brain, 75% of rural

> Northern and Central Italy would be populated by drooling braindamage

> cases, and we're speaking of places like rural Tuscany, Liguria,

> Piemonte or Veneto, not exactly your typical hilly-billy spots. And the

> Dolomites would be just an giant open air madhouse - you really CAN'T

> avoid drink wine while living there.

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