Brits are advised to avoid drinking more than 14 units of alcohol per week, the equivalent of about six pints of average strength beer or a bottle and a half of wine. Some small studies suggest ...

Meanwhile, a 100-milliliter serving of 16% ABV sake has just 1 unit of alcohol. That means you could drink three servings and walk away feeling about the same as if you'd had one medium-ABV beer.

In this context, going from zero daily alcohol units to one (say, half a beer) lost about as much brain volume as would be expected over six months of aging. But the effect is not linear ...

Alcohol has more calories in it than you think. Spirits, wine and beer can have from 97 to more ... In the UK, it counts as drinking more than eight units in one drinking session for men and ...

A large glass of (250ml) of (12% ABV) wine: 3 units. A pint of lower (3.6% ABV) alcohol beer or cider: 2 units. A pint of higher (5.2% ABV) alcohol beer or cider: 3 units. A single shot (25ml ABV) of ...

Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) only affects the price of the cheapest alcohol. A 50p MUP (as currently implemented in Wales) corresponds to £1.14 for a standard pint of beer, or £4.69 for a bottle of wine ...