Even a sip of alcohol could raise your dementia risk; new study reveals

For years, many people believed that a glass of wine or beer could be harmless, or even good for the brain. The idea of “moderate drinking” was often seen as safe, maybe even protective. But new research challenges that long-held belief. Scientists now say that any amount of alcohol, no matter how little, could increase the risk of dementia. This finding questions decades of advice suggesting that light drinking supports brain health. Drawing on one of the largest combined genetic and population-based studies ever done, researchers found no safe level of drinking. Their results suggest that alcohol, in any form or quantity, could slowly harm the brain over time. A large-scale study published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine examined how alcohol affects dementia risk. It combined infor