Forget what you thought you know about booze making you dumber.

Yeah, alright – there’s a lot of health issues that come with too much tipple. But one new study has found something good about alcohol. At last!

It turns out a few beers might make you better at foreign languages. Une bière, indeed.

Researchers from the University of Liverpool, Maastricht University and King’s College London have found that ‘slightly intoxicated’ people had better pronunciation of foreign languages than their sober peers.


There’s more, too – other boffins at University of California, San Diego discovered that alcohol can help over-65s lead a healthier and happier later life, and lower their risk of dementia.

Don’t start slamming back la tequilas just yet, though – you’ve still gotta be sensible about your consumption. Necking a bottle of voddy isn’t gonna make you bilingual.



Those very same scientists have warned that exceeding the 3-4 drinks a day limit could see those brain smarts and health benefits quickly wear off.

If you’re willing to start taking this alcohol-genius correlation seriously though, you’d better get ready to shell out for some posh plonk.

Champagne is best for your noggin, providing compounds which have a positive correlation to your brain’s sense of spatial awareness.

Basically, get the expensive fizz and you might not walk into the coffee table when you stumble home pissed.

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