Alcohol Guidelines Ignore How People Drink – That’s Why They’re Not Heeded

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Blackcurrant cordial? Jenn Vargas, CC BY-SA

As part of the government’s strategy to cut the human and economic cost of alcohol misuse, it currently recommends that men and women shouldn’t regularly drink more than three to four and two to three units a day respectively. In theory, such guidelines help people make informed decisions about their health, but researchers have questioned their effectiveness.