Re:The big alcohol study that didn't happen
by capitainenemo on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:31PM
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Yeah, sorry, I was trying to use the "measuring cup" for familiar reference purposes. The 10 ml of alcohol measure in the UK (with 1-2 units being the "safe" range) definitely seems a lot clearer and easier to approximate if your drink has an ABV % to me than the "standard drink which is all over the place:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_drink
"For example, in the United States, a standard drink contains about 14 grams of alcohol." "Different countries define standard drinks differently. For example, in Australia, a standard drink contains 10 grams of alcohol,[4] but in Japan, one "unit" contains approximately 20 grams."
Re:The big alcohol study that didn't happen
by capitainenemo on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:57PM
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But, ok, yeah, I'm sorry. I'd perked up and replied to parent because the "2 standard unit 20ml limit" as "safe" seems to show up in a bunch of studies, and interpreted "2 drinks" as that.
But if he meant US standard drink that would be a 1.7*2 units (or 2 5% beer bottles), which is a bit harder to hit (but also firmly in unhealthy territory).
That said, as another person noted, you can blow through that with a high ABV craft beer really easily (or an overly full glass of wine).
But the comparisons in this discussion are all confused, as the first person wrote "US measuring cup" but used UK alcohol "units" (which are 10mL = 6g), but the US "standard drink" contains 11g = 18mL alcohol.
UK units are nicer to calculate, as an example 150mL glass of 13% wine contains 150 × 13 ÷ 1000 → 1.95 "units" alcohol (19.5mL).
But the US standard drink is probably nearer to what people actually consider one drink. The UK site shows that typical drinks are nearer 2-3 units [3].
[1] https://www.wineware.co.uk/professional-stainless-steel-thim...
[2] https://www.gov.uk/weights-measures-and-packaging-the-law/sp...
[3] https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/calculating-alc...