A Canadian health agency has backed a report saying that even a little alcohol is too much alcohol.
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The new report, funded by Health Canada, also suggested mandatory warning labels for all alcoholic beverages. According to the CCSA, any more than two standard drinks - each the equivalent of a 12-ounce serving of 5% alcohol beer or a five-ounce glass of 12% alcohol wine - brings an increase in negative outcomes, including breast and colon cancer."The new guidance is maybe a bit shocking," Dr Hobin said.
"The data across the board is improving in terms of how and what we're measuring," said Jacob Shelley, a professor of health and law at Western University.The new recommendations put the country out of step with several other Western nations. Australia's national guidance, published in 2020, recommends a maximum of 10 standard drinks a week. France suggests the same.
It's still an open question whether Canadians - who love their beer almost as much as they love hockey - will be convinced to drink less because of this guidance., in drinking frequency, Canada does not rank in the top 10 countries globally, falling below the global average. But on the measure of "feeling drunk", Canada jumped to the sixth spot, just behind the US and the UK.