On St. Patrick’s day, pour yourself a green beer, not a green wine: wine and spirits cause more hippocampal volume loss than does beer (in chronic alcoholics, anyway).
There are probably other good reasons for not drinking green wine, although some clever marketing group will probably market a sauvignon vert . . . .
Wilhelm, J., Frieling, H., Hillemacher, T., Degner, D., Kornhuber, J., Bleich, S. (2008). Hippocampal Volume Loss in Patients with Alcoholism is Influenced by the Consumed Type of Alcoholic Beverage. Alcohol and Alcoholism DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agn002
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