People should avoid drinking until their mid-20s because alcohol consumption can hinder brain development, according to a leading scientist.
Adults should shun beer, wine and spirits until they reach 24 amid claims “modest teenage binge drinking” is linked to poorer performance in IQ tests in later life.
Dr Aric Sigman, a biologist and fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, also criticised parents’ continental-style attitude to alcohol, saying a “sycophantic adoration by the British middle classes for the way in which the French drink has not worked in our children's favour”.
Source: Irish Independent, 08/06/2011
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