Their conclusion differs from the current U.S. dietary guidelines.
Americans should limit their alcohol consumption to no more than one drink per day, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
The recommendation — from an international team of scientists — differs from the U.S. dietary guidelines, both past and present. Previous guidelines recommended a daily limit of two alcoholic drinks for men and one for women. The latest version, released by the Trump administration in January, is less precise. It recommends only that Americans “consume less alcohol for better overall health.”
The current less-is-best message is accurate but too vague, said study co-author Priscilla Martinez-Matyszczyk, deputy scientific director of the Alcohol Research Group at the Public Health Institute, an independent nonprofit organization in California. People need quantified guidance so they can make informed decisions about their drinking, she said.
PSA: non-alcoholic beers have gotten way better since your gramps drank O’Doul’s for two years before he fell back off the wagon for good and started deliberately hitting women with his grocery cart at price chopper.
PSA: alcohol free wine on the other side is still utterly undrinkable.
LPT: Feels good to switch to alcohol only 1-2 per week.
I quite like grape juice.
I do not understand why more restaurants and shops are not pushing premium sparkling grape juice, apple cider, and ginger ale for when you want something to pour into stemware with dinner. So many restaurant’s only alternative to a bottle of wine is cheap HFCS-based soda.
Probably because most people who choose not to drink wine simply choose to drink water. The restaurant buys a case of the cheapest NA alternative they can find for the one person who comes in twice a month and wants some.
I mean, as a non drinker, I fucking love Martinelli Apple Cider. At events, my alcoholic grandparents would always have it for kids too young for wine (to them, 10yos) and I just kept drinking it into adulthood.
Granted I also found better conversation with my kid cousins over my other relatives, but that’s an added bonus.
Martinellis cider is my favorite part of holidays, haha! It’s just so much fun!
Agreed. I still prefer a real one in most cases, but the NA options taste identical in some cases and there are a ton of NA options that taste great. I’d not have given them a try if my friend hadn’t stopped drinking. Glad he did and I may follow his decision in time.
The Heineken 0.0 is practically indistinguishable from the real thing.
They’re called Market 32 now, thank you very much!