What is standard drinks?!


Question: What is standard drinks!?
Hi im confuse about it when i buy beer sometimes its 1!.0 standard (4% acl 330ml beer) drinks sometimes 1!.4 standard (4!.8% alc 375ml beer and also 5!.2% alc 330ml beer different % but still same standard drinks why is that!?)drinks so what does this exactly means plus can any one tell me how many standard drinks in beer 5% 330ml!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Yeah, it can get confusing and it really depends on what you are reading/who you are talking to!.

In the United States a standard drink is 14 grams of alcohol, which is 0!.6 fl ounces!. I read this a lot for standard drinks:

12 ounces of beer about 5% abv (alcohol by volume)
5 ounces of wine at about 12% abv
1!.5 ounces of spirits at about 40% abv

So, theoretically, if you have a 10 ounce wine glass and you fill it up to the top, it is considered two drinks!.

Again, the scales are different depending on what country you are in!. Or I should say their definition is different!. As is the definition of a "healthy" amount of alcohol one can consume per week!. The United States says, I think, no more than 2 drinks a day and 14 in a week but not exceeding 3 in a given seating and in England I think it is 21 units per week and not exceeding 4 in a day!. Heck, Ireland it might be even higher! :-)

Edit: Sorry about that! It looks like a standard drink where you are in ml is as follows:

30ml of spirits (40%)
330ml of beer (4%)
100 ml of wine (12%)
overall a standard drink is 10 grams of pure alcohol

this site breaks it down pretty good

http://www!.alac!.org!.nz/WhatsInAStandardD!.!.!.

Hope this helps!Www@FoodAQ@Com

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