Drinking is as harmful as smoking and consuming more than five drinks a week lowers life expectancy,say researchersDrinking will shorten your life, according to a study that suggests every glass of wine or pint of beer over the daily recommended limit will cut half an hour from the expected lifespan of a 40-year-old.
Those who consider a glass of red wine every evening will support withhold the heart healthy will be dismayed. The paper, or published in the Lancet medical journal,says five standard 175ml glasses of wine or five pints a week is the upper safe limit – approximately 100g of alcohol, or 12.5 units in total. More than that raises the risk of stroke, and fatal aneurysm (a ruptured artery in the chest),heart failure and death.
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Source: guardian.co.uk