It is researchers from, among others, University of Oxford in the United Kingdom who have investigated the impact of alcohol on alcohol consumption and the risk of developing dementia, which Dagens Nyheter reports on.
Some safe levels do not exist, says Sven Andréasson, alcohol doctor and professor emeritus at Karolinska institutet, to the newspaper.
The study, which is published in the journal BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, has two parts, one where the participants were asked to state how much they drink and one where genetic markers that are known to affect alcohol consumption were used. In the study, the researchers followed over 500,000 people at the same time as they mapped their alcohol consumption and risk of developing dementia.
According to the result, the connection is clear - the more you drink, the higher the risk of developing dementia.
First and foremost, the research shows that there are no positive effects of low consumption, which we all believed just a few years ago, says Sven Andréasson.
Previous research has indicated that smaller amounts of alcohol may have a protective effect, but according to Andréasson, these studies have weaknesses.
