Two day free alcohol recommended

A major report on alcohol by a committee of MPs has recommended that people should have at least two days a week completely clear of alcohol.

The Science and Technology Committee is calling for a review of all government guidelines on alcohol in the UK.
It says there are “sufficient concerns” about the recommendations on how much people should drink.

Advice on the maximum units of alcohol that should be consumed were introduced in 1987. Twenty-one units in a week for men and 14 for women.
In 1995, the advice was changed to recommend that men did not regulary drink more than three to four units per day. The figures were two to three units for women. It also says that after heavy drinking people should leave 48 hours for the body to recover.

The report questioned whether this “appeared to endorse daily drinking”.
It said having two alcohol-free days would “would enforce the message that drinking every day should be avoided”.

We have already written in this blog about the issue of minimum pricing and the affect and role of alcohol on domestic violence and child abuse.

Equal and Diverse welcomes any measures which will enable people to drink with responsibility so that society and health benefits

Dr Donald Macaskill

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Source: BBC Website