Scientists at the University of Oxford have found that even moderate drinking is harmful to the brain.
People used to believe that drinking wine in moderation could be beneficial to health and merely affected some specific areas of the brain. However, those who drink moderately are usually wealthier and higher educated, which may explain perceived health benefits.
After crunching the data from more than 25,000 participants, researchers found that alcohol will lower grey matter density and negatively affect almost every part of the brain.Your brain is worse off with the more wine you consume. In other words, no amount of alcohol consumption is safe for brain health, and also“no threshold drinking for harm, ” according to the leading author of the research paper.
牛津大學科學家發現，即使「適量飲酒」都對大腦有害。
人們曾經普遍認為，適度飲酒可能對健康有些好處，而且也只會對大腦的某些特定區域產生影響。然而，那些會酌量飲酒的人，通常都過著比較優渥的生活，教育程度也較高，這樣的生活型態往往身體本來就會比較健康，因此這層關連可能可以解釋，為什麼一直以來會認為飲酒與健康之間有關連性。
研究人員在運算解讀了超過25000位參與實驗者的資料後，注意到酒精會減損大腦灰質的密度，並且幾乎會對大腦的每個部分都造成負面影響。喝越多酒，大腦的狀態就會越糟糕。換句話說，對大腦健康而言，沒有所謂的安全飲酒量，套句論文第一作者的話，「飲酒對人體造成的傷害是沒有特定臨界點的」。
be worse off 是指「變得更糟、更窮困拮据」的意思。
例句：The pandemic has made many families worse off. 疫情讓許多家庭的經濟狀況變得更糟了。
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