Drinking any amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain, study finds

 

研究：喝酒不論多寡都會傷腦

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There is no such thing as a "safe" level of drinking, with increased consumption of alcohol associated with poorer brain health, according to a new study.

根據一項新研究，沒有所謂的「安全」飲酒量，飲酒量增加與大腦健康狀況較差有關。

In an observational study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, researchers from the University of Oxford studied the relationship between the self-reported alcohol intake of some 25,000 people in the UK, and their brain scans.

在一項尚未經過同行評審的觀察性研究中，牛津大學的研究人員，研究英國約2萬5000人報告的飲酒量，和與他們的大腦掃描圖像之間的關係。

The researchers noted that drinking had an effect on the brain’s gray matter － regions in the brain that make up "important bits where information is processed," according to lead author Anya Topiwala, a senior clinical researcher at Oxford.

研究人員指出，飲酒對大腦的灰質有影響，灰質是構成「重要資訊處理位元」的大腦部位，牛津大學高級臨床研究員托皮瓦拉說。

The team also investigated whether certain drinking patterns, beverage types and other health conditions made a difference to the impact of alcohol on brain health.

研究團隊還調查了特定的飲酒習慣、酒精飲料類型和其他健康狀況，是否會改變酒精對大腦健康的影響程度。

新聞辭典

（to be） associated with：片語，與～有關、與～連結在一起，被動語態居多。例句：Rainfall is associated with humidity.（下雨和濕度有關。）

intake：名詞，攝取量。例句：Experts recommend that 6% of our calorie intake should come from fatty acids.（專家建議我們攝取的熱量，應有6%來自脂肪酸。）

beverage，名詞，飲料。例句：Coffee is a fragrant beverage.（咖啡是一種香味濃郁的飲料。）