{"id":14518,"date":"2024-10-10T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14518"},"modified":"2024-10-10T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:23:20","slug":"what-is-considered-moderate-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=14518","title":{"rendered":"What Is Considered \u2018Moderate Drinking\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That depends on whom you ask, and what country you live in. Here\u2019s what the research suggests and how to think about it.<\/p>\n

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Over the past several years, there has been a rise in alcohol-related deaths<\/a> and a steady wave of news about the health risks of drinking<\/a>. Calls for people to drink only in moderation have become more urgent. But what, exactly, does that mean?<\/p>\n

\u201cTongue in cheek, people have defined it as not drinking more than your doctor,\u201d said Tim Stockwell, a scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.<\/p>\n

More officially, in the United States, moderate drinking<\/a> is defined as one drink or less per day for women and two drinks or less per day for men. But other countries define moderate drinking, also called low-risk drinking, differently, and recent research around alcohol\u2019s health harms has raised questions about current guidelines.<\/p>\n