Healthy drinking - How much alcohol is safe
A large glass of wine can have as much, or more, than your daily alcohol recommended allowance.
How much alcohol is safe?
Government guidelines advise that men should drink no more than 3-4 units per day and women should drink no more than 2-3 units per day. It’s also better for you to have at least 2 days each week when they don’t drink at all.
This advice replaces the old ’21 units a week for men and 14 units a week for women’ to try to encourage people to drink in moderation and therefore reduce the risks attached to binge drinking.
How many units are in common drinks?
- 1 standard bottle of alcopops is 1.5 units
- 1 bottle of wine (12%) is 9 units
- 1 glass (175ml) of wine (12%) is 2.25 units
- 1 bottle of beer/lager (5%) is 1.7 units
- 1 pint of beer/lager (5%) is 2.9 units
- 1 standard pub measure spirits (35%) is 1.4 unit