Why is the recommended daily amount of alcohol for women one drink and two for men?

Answer 1

Women metabolize or process alcohol less efficiently than men, and also usually weigh less, so between the two and wanting to give an easy to remember amount, they rounded off to one drink and two drinks. Of course it depends directly on weight, so if the woman is 160 and the man is 140lbs, they should probably drink approx. 1.5 drinks to meet this RDA. <-- that's a joke. There really isn't any RDA, there are studies that show drinking small quantities of alcohol reduce the chances of several diseases, but on the other hand they also show increased chances of liver disease, etc. The point is that if you take a 200 lb man and a 120 lb woman and give him 2 drinks and her 1 drink, wait a half hour and test them, their skills would have diminished equally (approximately).

Answer 2

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the US gives this advice to doctors.

"The limits are lower for women because they have proportionally less body water than men do and thus achieve higher blood alcohol concentrations after drinking the same amount of alcohol. Older adults also have less lean body mass and greater sensitivity to alcohol’s effects. In addition, there are many clinical situations where abstinence or lower limits are indicated, due to a greater risk of harm associated with drinking. Examples include women who are or may become pregnant, patients taking medications that may interact with alcohol, young people with a family history of alcohol dependence, and patients with physical or psychiatric conditions that are caused or exacerbated by use of alcohol."

Different countries have different recommendations but the recommendations for women are consistently lower than for men. The Wikipedia article listed as a source outlines the limits for men and women in various countries in considerable detail.

Answer 3

Ooops, you shouldn't have asked me. I gave up alcohol last year. It nearly killed me, so I recommend none at all. I've been doing fine without it for 16 months now. Of course if you're not addicted, I suppose one glass of wine in the evening wouldn't hurt. But with me, one was never enough until it got out of hand.

'nuff said?

Answer 4

for women i would say two drinks and men three. hdowever, it depends on the alcohol content of the drink too.

Answer 5

Because if they exceed those limits, The men get bolder and the women get looser.

Answer 6

maybe men wrote the rule

women have lower metabolism....thats why they are always cold

women usually weigh less than men

Answer 7

Probably to balance out the chromosomes.

Answer 8

Women get drunk faster and stay drunk longer then men do

Answer 9

So they can spend more time in the kitchen.

Answer 10

because men made those rules and we are boozers.