These future studies must also account for the benefits of alcohol use. Within the context of the new guidelines, the report suggests that the potential harm from consuming even 14 drinks per week (which is well above the new two-drinks-per-week threshold for low-risk alcohol use) appears to be very modest: less than a year of lost life expectancy, on average.
This is similar to the estimate calculated from a synthesis of 83 studies, which found that those who drank seven to 14 drinks (100 to 200 grams) per week had shorter life expectancy by just six months, compared to those who drank zero to seven drinks (zero to 100 grams) per week.
Many of us may be willing to make these trade-offs in order to live a happier life overall.
Meanwhile, studies on the functional benefits of alcohol on social health have reported benefits from moderate drinking. These benefits are
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