Dr. Aravind Padmaraju explains how even one drink reduces neurogenesis, the brain's ability to form new neurons. Alcohol shrinks the hippocampus and disrupts deep sleep, impairing memory and emotional recovery from stress.
Drinking alcohol is ruining your brain's ability to heal. Even one glass can mess up with your mental clarity. Researchers have found that even moderate drinking, that is just one glass, reduces the neurogenesis—your brain's ability to grow new neurons and heal from emotional and mental stress. It shrinks the hippocampus, the part of your brain is responsible for your memory, emotional regulation, and learning. And get this, alcohol also disturbs your REM sleep and deep sleep your brain uses to detox and repair. So you are not just waking up tired, you are waking up less capable of healing yesterday's stress.
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