Biden's alcohol czar warns Americans could soon be told to limit themselves to just two beers per WEEK under strict new booze guidelines
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12438233/Americans-limited-two-beers-strict-new-alcohol-guidelines-Bidens-booze-czar.html
WOOF! Brandon has an "Alcohol Czar" now?!
Americans could be urged by officials to drink no more than two beers a week as part of strict new alcohol guidelines.
Biden's health czar told DailyMail.com the USDA could revise its alcohol advice to match Canada's, where people are advised to have just two drinks per week.
Dr. George Koob — who admits enjoying a couple of glasses of Chardonnay a week — said he was watching Canada's 'big experiment' with interest.
Is that Dr. Koob or Dr. Boob?
'If there's health benefits, I think people will start to re-evaluate where we're at [in the US],' he told DailyMail.com.
Current US recommendations say women can have up to one bottle of beer, small glass of wine or shot of spirit a day while men can have two.
But those guidelines are up for review in 2025.
Per the US guidelines, a drink is defined as containing 0.6 fluid ounces of alcohol, equivalent to one beer, one glass of wine at 12 percent alcohol or one shot.
Asked in what direction the guidelines could change, Dr George Koob, the director for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), said: 'I mean, they're not going to go up, I'm pretty sure.
'So, if [alcohol consumption guidelines] go in any direction, it would be toward Canada.'
Good grief, Dr. Boob ... don't you know that no one wants to do anything the "Canadian way"?!
The guidelines are currently under review, although the updated versions may not be published until the end of 2025. ...
Sounds like there's still time for you to provide your royal input into this decision, ribit.
While you're at it, you might want to see if Dr. Boob will update his guidelines to tell Americans to eat more grits, don'tcha know.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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