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Auburn, Feb. 6---Alcohol: a brain food?No, it's not quite as dramatic as that, though scientists are reasonably sure moderate alcohol consumption may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. How? They're not certain, although some suspect the benefits may stem from alcohol's effect in expanding arteries and aiding blood flow.

Drinking alcohol in moderation by underage persons has not been demonstrated to cause brain impairment; research on heavy drinking by rats and alcohol-dependent persons may or may not apply to light and moderate drinking by those under age 21. Drinking by young Jews, Italians, Greeks, Portuguese, Spaniards and others fails to indicate brain impairment among these groups.

Alcoholic beverages to which caffeine has been added as a separate ingredient can pack a potent-and stealthily debilitating-punch. On Nov. 17, the Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to four companies that make these products.

extreme emotion, and slowed behavior. Long-term effects include damage in cognitive behavior especially associated with the frontal lobes of the brain such as "slowed processing of information, difficulty in learning new material, deficits in abstraction and problem solving, and reduced visuospatial abilities." (1). The reason for this kind of damage