2006-11-29 22:23:08 · 9 answers · asked by Pauline B 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Units of alcohol. It has no scientific grounding. It was a group of doctors, who decided to set limits on what people should drink. Given that current unit measurements are massively inaccurate, that they were devised when a standard beer was under 4% abv, it's not so much the units drunk, but the pattern in which they are drunk. A couple of glasses of wine each night will cause few problems, but the same quantity in one night is much more problematic.
The reason why women can drink less than men, is because alcohol is water soluble, it is more easily absorbed into muscle tissue, which men naturally have more of. So, if you are a muscular woman, you can probably drink more than a very thin woman.
2006-11-30 01:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
14 units per week is the upper limit but any more than 4 units in one sitting may be considered binge drinking these days, that four glasses of wine (half a bottle). One or one and a half units per day while not pregnant is the healthy amount doctors say.
2006-11-29 22:26:56 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody200 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
14 units for women 21 units for men
2006-11-29 22:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by allanmclaren1971 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 14 units a week is recommended for women
2006-11-29 22:25:38 · answer #4 · answered by mothertiggy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a dibetic femal can be safe w/ 4 oz. a day of alcohol. However if she is taking certain medications that affect the liver then no amount of alchol is safe. If she is taking insulin alone then 4 oz. per day is safe.
2006-11-30 00:25:04 · answer #5 · answered by BAR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
14 for a woman, 21 for a man. Anything over that is allegedly bad for you.
2006-11-29 22:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you could be headed for alcoholism. Especially if you feel the need to drink every day.
2006-11-29 23:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
everything in moderation is the way to go. besides, too much alcohol adds on the pounds in undesirable place (eg. belly fat, etc)
2006-11-29 22:30:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
loads, drunk women are my favorites
2006-11-29 22:25:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋