Drinking
small amounts of alcohol, especially wine, several times a week is not necessarily
bad - unless you have drunk to excess in the past.
"BUT
remember that alcohol is rich in calories"
Recommended
upper limits of weekly consumption:-
| Men | 21
units per week |
| Women | 14
units per week |
| (Women's
toleration of alcohol is less than that of men as their livers are mor sensitive
to alcohol) |
| What
is a unit of alcohol? |
| 1
Tot of spirit or |
| 1
Standard glass of wine or |
| Hlaf
a pint of lager |
If
the weekly allowance of alcohol is consumed in one or two days, this can be described
as binge drinking and is dangerous. It is safer to drink a small quantity on several
days in the week than a large quantity all at once.
