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Alcohol: Health and habits

Alcohol has been part of the human story – used at celebrations, rituals, gatherings and other occasions throughout time. Today however alcohol consumption has increased in amount and frequency that it is becoming a major risk to optimal health. Learn to truly enjoy...

Festive season folly

As the frenetic festive season approaches perhaps pause to consider your greatest asset – your brain. Alcohol is a psychoactive substance that crosses over the blood brain barrier and into the central nervous system. This is why we drink it – because it alters our...

Teen-brains and alcohol

I have been witness to many conversations between parents about when to introduce alcohol to their children. Some follow the ‘European’ model of introducing alcohol early with family meals, some make it readily available for teen social occasions, and others have a...