{"id":2969,"date":"2020-07-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2020-07-24T07:45:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:45:12","slug":"study-says-modest-drinking-may-help-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2020\/07\/24\/study-says-modest-drinking-may-help-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Says \u201cModest Drinking\u201d May Help Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;_initial&#8221; min_height=&#8221;75px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Study Says \u201cModest Drinking\u201d May Help Brane, uh, Brain<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">We break up another traffic JAMA<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||179px||&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>T<\/span>he headline of a recent New York Times story intrigued me: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/02\/well\/eat\/moderate-drinking-study.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modest Drinking May Aid Brain<\/a>.\u201d The Times article was regurgitating <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2767693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another article<\/a>, from the Journal of the American Medicine Association. The group is jauntily known as JAMA, which to me sounds like the single tense of\u00a0\u00a0the word \u201cpajamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times and\u00a0JAMA\u00a0articles reported on a University of Georgia study that\u00a0indicated some drinking\u00a0could\u00a0sometimes be better than non-drinking for the brain. But it included this cautionary quote from a doctoral student who was the research honcho: \u201cIf you are not drinking now, there is no reason to start drinking to preserve cognitive function. There are many other ways to prevent cognitive decline\u2014exercise, reading and so on,\u201d said Ruiyuan Zhang.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.0&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>(Just so you know, I did ask The Goldman State\u2019s language assistant for a phonetic pronunciation of Zhang\u2019s name. He texted me, \u201cDOCtoral STUdent.\u201d Working from home has evidently made my language assistant, Howie Saydiss,\u00a0a tad lazy.)<\/p>\n<p>My concern isn\u2019t so much about the article as it is about the headline: \u201cModest Drinking May Aid Brain.\u201d Neither the Times nor JAMA\u2014nor the researcher, for that matter\u2014use the word \u201cmodest.\u201d They favor \u201cmoderate,\u201d defined as \u201ceight drinks a week or fewer for women, and 15 or fewer for men.\u201d This would put me squarely in the category of \u201cmoderate drinker,\u201d especially if \u201cweek\u201d meant \u201cwork week\u201d and if they were using one of the State of California\u2019s \u201cflex time\u201d parameters (four days of 10 hours each) or, better still, the work shift my dad had as a New York City firefighter decades ago, for which he worked three 24-hour days then came home and took us to the Bronx Zoo, movie matinees and afternoon baseball games.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s get back to the term \u201cmodest\u201d as used to modify \u201cdrinking.\u201d Even though I always think of \u201dmodest\u201d as a fairly flexible adjective, the two meanings that most resonate with me are humble (for a person) or average-sized (for a home or salary). On a personal level, the word describes neither my current athletic prowess nor book residuals (for which the word coined by either Noah Webster or Peter Mark Roget is \u201claughable\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Entirely Pets with Cat&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; global_module=&#8221;2830&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/o9105xdmjdl021111A364022385823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/fj104vvzntrCEDDDDMFIGCEEFKHKEF\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not a descriptor for \u201cdrinking\u201d unless the following dialogue works for you:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bartender: \u201cA sixth martini?! Wow, you really can drink!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Customer (blushes): \u201cOh, not really. I mean, I try. But there are so many people who can out-drink me. Seriously. You\u2019re just a flatterer, that\u2019s what you are.\u201d (He blushes or possibly flushes again, prior to passing out.)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Amazon 2 &#8211; Kitchen&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; global_module=&#8221;2849&#8243;]<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"goldmanstate-20\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_region = \"US\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_design = \"enhanced_links\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_asins = \"B07VF7J5VQ\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->amzn_assoc_linkid = \"cef8f86e28850c0aa5c9f56ea398fa5b\";<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>I also question the portion of the study that found men can drink nearly twice as much alcohol per week as women can and still be considered \u201cmodest\u201d drinkers. This does a serious disservice to some of the women I\u2019ve met who demonstrated they could drink me under the table. Lest you think otherwise, I\u2019d crawled there only to look for one of their recalcitrant contact lenses.<\/p>\n<p>Woman: \u201cYou found it! My hero!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]Me (blushing): \u201cOh, not really. I mean, I try. But there are so many people who could have found it. Seriously. 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