I like to think I'm a moderate drinker. I almost never get drunk. I have been hungover perhaps twice or three times in the past five years. I prefer to frequent coffee shops than pubs. And, more often than not, when I do go to the pub I am one of those mythic beasts who has "just the one".
So, it has come as quite a shock this week to discover that my alcohol consumption may be causing irreparable harm to my health.
It turns out that those long-standing guidelines for "low-risk drinking" – up to 21 units a week for men, and 14 for women according to the HSE – could be doing more harm than good.
UK-based physicians specialising in alcohol's impact on the body are now arguing that the truly "safe" level of alcohol per day is just quarter of a glass of wine. That's about 50mls – or, to put it another way – a few sips.
Source: Declan Lynch, Irish Independent, 06/01/2-13
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