Up to two drinks a day could be beneficial for women
Low risk alcohol consumption is considered to be up to two drinks per day. Three or more per day is considered risky for women’s health in the long term and five or more drinks in one sitting is risky for women’s health in the short term.
30/03/05 Researchers at the University of Newcastle have found that women who never drink alcohol are in poorer health than those who have up to two drinks a day.
However drinking three or more drinks a day tips the health scales the other way.
The research is part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, a twenty-year study which began in 1996 and examines the health of 40,000 Australian women.
Low risk alcohol consumption is considered to be up to two drinks per day. Three or more per day is considered risky for women’s health in the long term and five or more drinks in one sitting is risky for women’s health in the short term.
Women are more susceptible to the impact of alcohol than men, because women generally have smaller bodies, smaller livers and a higher proportion of fat in their bodies.
