And in the UK, 85% of adults drink alcohol, so that’s potentially around 4 million people who are at risk of addiction.”So, is it really best not to drink at all? “Everyone should keep tabs on their weight, blood pressure, waist size and know how many units of alcohol they’re drinking. Just because your blood test is OK, that does not mean the liver isn’t becoming damaged by alcohol. It’s the units that count; we know that drinking 0-7 units a week does not seem to damage your health. About a third of east Asians (people from Japan, Korea, Vietnam and China) have an inherited deficiency of an enzyme, which means they accumulate acetaldehyde in the bloodstream when they drink alcohol.

Source: The Guardian December 11, 2017 06:00 UTC