Intake of alcoholic beverages causes the secretion of endorphins in certain areas of the brain, which triggers the positive emotions experienced in drunkenness and could lead to addiction. A study from the University of California has observed this phenomenon in humans for the first time, about which it has been speculated for more than thirty years.
Alcohorexia or drunkenness, a double pathology in which alcoholism, anorexia and bulimia are combined. Victoria Osborne, a researcher at the University of Missouri (USA), has analyzed this new eating disorder and has come to the conclusion that it affects women three times more.
Middle-aged women who drink only 15 grams of alcohol a day, equivalent to one drink, are in better health and age better than those who do not drink a drop of alcohol or who consume two drinks a day or four or more doses of alcohol on weekends.
Dark beers contain an average amount of free iron of 121 ppb (parts per billion) compared to 92 ppb for blondes and 63 ppb for non-alcoholic beers, according to an analysis of 40 types of beer from five continents by researchers from the University of Valladolid (UVA).
According to research by the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, there is a "genetic switch" in the DNA of Europeans that induces the consumption of foods rich in fat and alcoholic beverages.
Does alcohol help you forget? Quite the opposite. According to a study by the Wagoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at the University of Texas (USA), drinking alcohol stimulates areas of our brain involved in learning and memory.
Drinking more than half a liter of beer a day or a quarter of a liter of wine can substantially increase the risk of contracting certain types of cancer, according to a study published in the specialized journal 'British Medical Journal' (BMJ).
A team of scientists has identified a gene called AUTS2 that regulates how much alcohol we drink. The study, conducted with the participation of 47,000 subjects, has been published in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
