UK Cuts Men's Recommended Weekly Alcohol To 14 Units (theguardian.com)

Posted by timothy on Friday January 8, 2016 @10:53PM from the enough-rum-to-avoid-mutiny dept.

jones_supa writes: 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 of developing a range of cancers, particularly breast cancer. David Spiegelhalter from University of Cambridge said: 'These guidelines define 'low-risk' drinking as giving you less than a 1% chance of dying from an alcohol-related condition.'

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know what's funny here? by sribe · 2016-01-09 04:30 · Score: 2, Funny

How ALL of the posts ranting that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, that all studies show damaging health effects, etc, are AC. Not one rabid teetotaler will put his name to his posts.