Re:U.S. alcohol-related deaths have doubled, study says
by guerby on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:03AM
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From France official health insurer web site :
https://www.ameli.fr/assure/sante/themes/alcool-sante/defini...
"No more than 10 glass a week, with no more than two glass a day."
A glass = 10g alcohol, so 14g/day.
The web site also say there is no alcohol consumption without risk.
Re:U.S. alcohol-related deaths have doubled, study says
by likemybooze on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:40AM
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Interesting, perhaps some of the guidelines have been revised down in recent years. I distinctly remember both France and Italy having higher recommended daily limits and the only explanations I could find were that wine was part of the culture and thus the governments were reluctant to recommend substantially less than what people were actually drinking in practice.
The UK in contrast says a unit is 8g, and suggests no more than 2 units a day (so slightly more than half the US guideline).
Some countries call a unit 10g. If I recall correctly France suggests no more than 40g/day, so around 2/3rds of a bottle of wine (so 50% more than the US guideline).
So the suggested “healthy” limits for reasonable drinking vary considerably between countries and I am definitely exceeding the US guidelines, and even slightly exceeding the French guideline.