Specialists spoke about the consequences of alcohol abuse.
Scientists have found out when alcohol does the most damage to the body. A study in this area was conducted by specialists from the University of New South Wales in Australia.
According to their data, the first group of people to whom alcohol is contraindicated is pregnant women. Alcohol has a detrimental effect on the fetus, and its brain does not develop well. Therefore, even a small dose of alcohol drunk by a pregnant woman can cause irreversible damage to the developing life.
Alcohol is also dangerous for teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19, because they have at this time the cerebral cortex reaches its maximum volume, and the white matter is actively developing. Alcohol consumption in adolescence slows down the process of brain development, the experts summarized.
In the third group, scientists included the elderly. At this age, alcohol is even more dangerous than smoking, as it can lead to dementia, writes bmj.com.
Earlier, scientists named five changes that will occur in the body after a month without alcohol.