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[plasticpassion]

As I've gotten older with more disposable income, enjoying booze on my nights off has become a regular thing.

Oh well.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Every PI I know is a problem drinker. Especially the neuroscience guys. But yeah, alcohol fucks up your brain. Especially if you're a baby.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Not drinking is great, not only do I not spend ridiculous amounts of money on alcohol, but I get to keep my brain cells and intelligence.

 

[Trent Strong]

Anything that gets you buzzed or high or fucked up has a price.

 

[EloquentM]

Not drinking is great, not only do I not spend ridiculous amounts of money on alcohol, but I get to keep my brain cells and intelligence.

Are you proud of your sobriety? It means nothing to me.

 

[Anteater]

I'm already dead

I cut down on alcohol but it's still above "moderate".

 

[Fidelis Hodie]

Well, I'm not drunk right this second, so maybe there is hope!

 

[Protein]

EDIT: double post

 

[Protein]

Fuck you scientists, you can't take my red meat and alcohol away from me!

I have red wine every night. I thought that was good for you.

News at 11, everything sucks, nothing is good.

Soda kills you. Cellphones kill you. Sex kills you. Meat kills you. Smoking kills you. Eating kills you. Going outside kills you [pollution]. Sunlight kills you. You must be a sheltered nerd all your life to maximize your living capacity. Just no videogames, no television, no multimedia either, no friends, no exercise (must kill you somehow), no dieting. NOTHING. And no 'NOTHING' either because that causes depression. So you're fucked no matter what!

 

[daycru]

I've been drinking less. Had two tallboys on Tuesday. Gonna get drunk as hell tomorrow.

 

[Dark Stalkers]

Fuck you scientists, you can't take my red meat and alcohol away from me!




Soda kills you. Cellphones kill you. Sex kills you. Meat kills you. Smoking kills you. Eating kills you. Going outside kills you [pollution]. Sunlight kills you. You must be a sheltered nerd all your life to maximize your living capacity. Just no videogames, no television, no multimedia either, no friends, no exercise, no dieting. NOTHING. And no 'NOTHING' either because that causes depression. So you're fucked no matter what!

What we should take from this is to have everything in moder--oh wait.

 

[storafötter]

Not surprising. I think all those alcohol is good for the body articles were humorous.

 

[Wazzim]

I'm super smart.

 

[youngwerther]

So all I have to do is not drink and I can be Einstein?

 

[phosphor112]

Muslims would be smartest people...

A lot of Muslims drink.

Say Bismillah bro!

Spoiler

I don't

 

[aznpxdd]

Yay, Mary Jane FTW!

 

[Red]

So all I have to do is not drink and I can be Einstein?

Yes, that is exactly what this article insinuates.

 

[way more]

So this is why they say only binge drink on weekends, not before classes.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Anything that gets you buzzed or high or fucked up has a price.

quite right.


But for those reading the OP and thinking they're screwed: it's a 40% decrease of new cell production after TWO WEEKS of daily consumption of the legal limit. That's fourteen days of continuous drinking.

If you drink (very mildly, within the legal limit) incidentally, you would likely have very little effect on the rate of production. That is, going by these findings, and assuming that the standard effect is 'no effect'.
It could just as well decrease your IQ by several points permanently or send you into anafylactic shock because you happen to stem from a very long line of non-drinkers and you happen to be allergic to one of the components. Averages do not and cannot predict such singular events.

Also: correlation, not causation. It's easy to imagine the rats's insulin response getting all out of whack, having an effect on how fat cells and other cell regulate hormones and thereby cell production. Or some other underlying effect. Which the authors noted, so they at least are not going to make big claims.


If you managed to get all those blurry things that seem to be made of letters: Cheers!
*sips wine*