It's talking about moderate drinkers who have a drink pretty much everyday and it's a nice bottle of red, or 3 or 4 beers.
Turns out I'm going to live forever.
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 13:42, Reply)
You may wish to get your GP's opinion on that.
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 13:48, Reply)
So that would put you over the moderate drinker upper bound but still a little higher in life expectancy than non-drinkers if those studies are to be believed.
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 14:00, Reply)
+ "non drinkers" aren't the healthiest bunch, better watch out for those confounding factors (similarly to people with lower than average BMI).
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 14:05, Reply)
Yes, 210 g weekly of pure ethanol for Ireland, the highest limit I've found. That's about one large beer daily maximum.
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 14:04, Reply)
The NHS party line is currently to say "don't drink at all", which is proven to definitely shorten your life expectancy.
The government guideline on "units per week" is purely a political morality statement to show how hard they are on the evil demon drink...which is why it keeps being reduced, not because of medical studies.
Also how individual peoples bodies process alcohol varies hugely with things like body mass, height and indeed your genetic makeup. Saying the units per week is the same for me (6 foot 4, 13 stone) as for a skinny midget is totally bollocks - It should at least be a calculation like BMI (well that's a flawed calculation...but point still stands).
Cheers!
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 14:37, Reply)