Alcohol & Your Health
If your alcohol consumption is regularly over the RDA this can have adverse health effects. Ten to 20 years of regularly drinking more than 14 units a week can increase the risk of cancers of the mouth, throat and breast, stroke, heart disease, liver disease, brain damage and damage to the nervous system as well as adverse mental health effects.
Drinking too much on a single occasion can also have health effects, it can increase your risk of accidents, misjudgements and the loss of self-control resulting in situations you otherwise may not find yourself in.
Weight gain is an often overlooked side effect of increased alcohol consumption. One 330ml bottle of alcopop contains 237kcal, which is the same as 100g of cookies, and these drinks can also be very high in sugar, e.g. a bottle of red wine can have more than 500kcals, rum and coke has over 200kcals or a pint of stout has over 200kcals.
How much alcohol do you drink each day or week?
