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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:-
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Men
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21 units per week
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Women
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14 units per week
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(Women's
tolerance of alcohol is less than that of men as their livers are
more sensitive to alcohol)
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What is a unit
of alcohol?
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1 Tot of spirit or
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1 Standard glass
of wine or
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Half a pint of
lager
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Don’t drink your weekly allowance
all in one go! If you drink a lot over one or two days, this is
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.
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