Men's recommended weekly alcohol limit cut to 14 units

[barryqwalsh]

Men have been advised to drink no more than seven pints of beer a week – the same as the maximum limit for women – in the first new drinking guidelines to be released by the UK’s chief medical officers for 20 years.

They also advise there is no safe level of drinking for either sex, and issued a stark warning that any amount of alcohol consumption increases the risk ofdeveloping a range of cancers, particularly breast cancer.

Men's recommended weekly alcohol limit cut to 14 units

 

[mdk]

I'll drink to that. Cheers!

 

[barryqwalsh]

I used to drink too much. We Brits have an alcohol problem – video


Deborah Coughlin found herself at an alcohol counsellor after drinking 220 units over a birthday weekend. Ten years and some therapy later, she hardly hits the recommended allowance of 14 units weekly for women. She argues that Britons have a big problem with drink, and that many are searching for excuses to stop.

Deborah Coughlin, Maya Wolfe-Robinson, Leah Green, Caterina Monzani and Bruno Rinvolucri, theguardian.com


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I used to drink too much. We Brits have an alcohol problem – video

 

[waltky]

A better Blood Alcohol Measuring device...

New Device Could Improve Blood Alcohol Measuring
May 19, 2016 - Using a breathalyzer or blood test to measure the amount of alcohol in the blood system may soon be a thing of the past.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism unveiled a new device that won its Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge, a contest to create a device capable of measuring blood alcohol levels in “near real-time.” The winning device, called BACtrack Skyn, from the BACtrack company, is non-invasive and is worn on the wrist much in the same way as a fitness tracker. It uses similar technology to standard breathalyzers, but detects alcohol transdermally rather than with breath.

Breathalyzer company BACtrack won $200,000 in a contest to build a better device to measure blood alcohol levels.​

Furthermore, it collects data continuously and sends the data to a smartphone via Bluetooth. The device could prove useful for those researching the effects of alcohol by avoiding having to draw blood from test subjects. Also, for those battling alcoholism, the device would allow for the discrete collection of data that is more accurate than self-reporting.

BACtrack took home a $200,000 prize for its invention. In total, the NIAA received eight submissions for the contest, and most of them were wearable and measured blood alcohol levels through the amount of alcohol in the wearer’s perspiration. Another submission was a temporary tattoo that changed colors depending on blood alcohol levels.

New Device Could Improve Blood Alcohol Measuring

 

[waltky]

Alcohol and cancer: Strong evidence of a direct, harmful effect of drinking...

Alcohol is a direct cause of seven types of cancer, study finds
22/07/2016 - Alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, a review has concluded.

A study of existing research found strong evidence of a direct, harmful effect of drinking, even though scientists are unsure of the exact biological reasons why alcohol causes cancer. Writing in the journal Addiction, Jennie Connor, from the University of Otago in New Zealand, said alcohol is estimated to have caused about half a million deaths from cancer in 2012 alone - 5.8% of cancer deaths worldwide. The highest risks are from heavy drinking, but even people who drink at low levels are at risk. Her review linked alcohol to cancer of the mouth and throat, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, bowel and breast.

She said: "There is strong evidence that alcohol causes cancer at seven sites, and probably others. "Confirmation of specific biological mechanisms by which alcohol increases the incidence of each type of cancer is not required to infer that alcohol is a cause." She said that based on current evidence, there is no safe level of drinking with respect to cancer though the risks are reduced for some cancers when people stop drinking. She added that the supposed health benefits of drinking - such as red wine being good for the heart - were "seen increasingly as disingenuous or irrelevant in comparison to the increase in risk of a range of cancers".

In January, the UK's chief medical officers said no level of regular drinking is without risks to health. Publishing a raft of recommendations, they said men should consume no more than 14 units of alcohol per week, down from the previous 21 units, bringing them into line with the recommendation for women. Modelling for the study showed that, compared with non-drinkers, women who regularly drink two units a day have a 16% increased risk of developing breast cancer and dying from it.

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[yiostheoy]

"The new 14-unit recommended maximum is equivalent to a little more than nine small 125ml glasses of wine, 14 single measures of spirits or seven pints of lager or beer. For women the limit is unchanged, but for men it drops from 21 units.

The UK’s recommended limit for men is now one of the lowest among countries that issue guidance for an appropriate intake of beer, wine and spirits and makes it one of only a handful of countries to issue identical advice for both sexes."

 

[yiostheoy]

Since when are the Brit's the world's experts at drinking?

I would turn to the Russians for that instead. They have way more experience.

 

[yiostheoy]

For me --

- No alcohol on Sunday.

- One beer at lunch and one glass wine at dinner on Monday thru Thursday.

- One beer at lunch on Friday.

- For Friday or Saturday nite my limit is 3 to 5 drinks on one or the other days. But not both.

Ergo 12 to 14 drinks per week.

So the Brit's are copying me.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

 

[yiostheoy]

Alcohol and cancer: Strong evidence of a direct, harmful effect of drinking...

Alcohol is a direct cause of seven types of cancer, study finds
22/07/2016 - Alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, a review has concluded.

A study of existing research found strong evidence of a direct, harmful effect of drinking, even though scientists are unsure of the exact biological reasons why alcohol causes cancer. Writing in the journal Addiction, Jennie Connor, from the University of Otago in New Zealand, said alcohol is estimated to have caused about half a million deaths from cancer in 2012 alone - 5.8% of cancer deaths worldwide. The highest risks are from heavy drinking, but even people who drink at low levels are at risk. Her review linked alcohol to cancer of the mouth and throat, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, bowel and breast.

She said: "There is strong evidence that alcohol causes cancer at seven sites, and probably others. "Confirmation of specific biological mechanisms by which alcohol increases the incidence of each type of cancer is not required to infer that alcohol is a cause." She said that based on current evidence, there is no safe level of drinking with respect to cancer though the risks are reduced for some cancers when people stop drinking. She added that the supposed health benefits of drinking - such as red wine being good for the heart - were "seen increasingly as disingenuous or irrelevant in comparison to the increase in risk of a range of cancers".

In January, the UK's chief medical officers said no level of regular drinking is without risks to health. Publishing a raft of recommendations, they said men should consume no more than 14 units of alcohol per week, down from the previous 21 units, bringing them into line with the recommendation for women. Modelling for the study showed that, compared with non-drinkers, women who regularly drink two units a day have a 16% increased risk of developing breast cancer and dying from it.

Read more

You are more likely to die of congestive heart failure if you DO NOT drink alcohol than from cancer if you do drink.

 

[CremeBrulee]

I bank mine and spend them all at once 3-4 times a year.