Australia’s Guidelines for Reducing Health Risks From Drinking Have Changed for the First Time Since 2009 – Concrete Playground

For the past 11 years, Australians that are fond of a tipple have been familiar with one particular figure: two standard drinks per day. Equating to 14 drinks per week, that’s the maximum number of standard beverages that Aussies were told they should consume to minimise the risk of health repercussions from their boozing, as per the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) guidelines on the subject. But that amount has just been revised as part of the first revamp of those recommendations since 2009.

Now, as initially flagged this time last year but officially confirmed today, Tuesday, December 8, by the NHMRC, only ten drinks per week is recommended. Staying within that number will “reduce the risk of harm from…