Even after slight booze recovery is affected due to alcohol cognitive functions is very slow, but regular consumption of alcohol reduces a number of important cognitive skills. To this conclusion in their recent study made by scientists from the British University of Bath, the results of their work published in the journal Addiction.
The researchers analyzed data collected in several projects studying the features of the brain on the second day after drinking alcohol. As a result, they found that cognitive ability booze is suffering so much that remains reduced even when the level of alcohol in the blood is very low and is not defined tests.
According to scientists, the brain suffers from the fact that alcohol gives a powerful diuretic effect, causing the body to lose a lot of fluid. To compensate for moisture loss, the internal organs begin to draw liquid to itself, and as a result the brain is almost nothing left, meninges from water shortages almost shrivels. In addition, with the liquid are excreted from the body the minerals and vitamins necessary for the body, including the brain. As a result, there is a “decrease in concentration, attention, ability to focus on something, a memory, and reducing the reaction time”. Easier say, the person grows dull.
Experts point out that, after drinking, the brain may never recover for many hours, sometimes it does not have enough the whole day. They are convinced that a hangover can have much more serious consequences for daily activities and professional responsibilities than many people imagine.
“Alcohol affects a person not only when he’s drunk, but in the period that is required for recuperation, and it is all your. Our brain is recovering more slowly than we expect,” warned the authors.
Earlier Magicforum wrote about whether to be useful to small amounts of alcohol.