regularly drink more than 14 units a week risk damaging your health.
Fourteen units is equivalent to six pints of beer average of force or 10 glasses of wine with low resistance.
New evidence about the harms of health regular consumption have emerged in recent years.
There is now a better understanding of the link between alcohol consumption and certain diseases, including a variety of cancers.
The position previously held that a certain level of alcohol was good for the heart has been revised. It is now believed that the evidence of a protective effect of moderate alcohol consumption is weaker than previously thought.
To reduce the risk of harm to your health if you drink most weeks:
men and women are advised not to regularly drink more than 14 units per week
spread your alcohol intake over three days or more if you drink up to 14 units per week
pregnant or trying to conceive should avoid alcohol completely. Learn more about pregnancy and alcohol.
No level of alcohol 'safe'
If you drink less than 14 units per week, it is considered low risk drinking.
It is called "low risk" rather than "safe" because there is no level without any risk.
The type of disease that can develop after 10 to 20 years of regularly drinking more than 14 units per week include:
cancers of the mouth, throat and chest
stroke
heart disease
liver disease
brain damage
damage to the nervous system
The effects of alcohol on your health depend on how much you drink. The less you drink, the greater the health risks.
Read about alcohol units to work on the amount of alcohol there are in your drinks.
drink 'unique session "
Drinking too much too fast at one time may increase your risk of injury and accidents, such as:
head injuries
fractures
facial injuries
scarification
alcohol intoxication
heart disease
To reduce health risks during a single drinking session:
limit how much you drink
drink more slowly
drink with food
alternate with water or non-alcoholic drinks
