• ⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Mayo says:

    If you already drink alcohol, do so in moderation. For healthy adults, that means:

    • Up to one drink a day for women.
    • Up to two drinks a day for men. The limit for men is higher because men most often weigh more than women and have more of the substance that breaks down alcohol in the body.

    A drink is defined as:

    • 12 ounces (355 milliliters) of regular beer.
    • 5 ounces (148 milliliters) of wine.
    • 1.5 ounces (44 milliliters) of hard liquor or distilled spirits.

    Personally, I come nowhere near that. However, I’m still curious, at those levels or less, what the effects are.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah, I generally take these kind of warnings with a grain of salt (which is yet another risk to manage). The studies are generally looking at usage levels far in excess of what I personally consume. It’s pretty safe to say that with significantly lower usage you’re also looking at significantly lower risk.