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13th April 2018
10:58am BST

The study shows that while five 175ml glasses of wine per week is safe, adding just one more to this increases your risk of stroke, aneurysm, heart failure, and even early death.
The chances of this happening are even greater if you're over the age of 40 too.
Great.
Researchers looked at data from over 600,000 wine drinkers cited in over 80 different studies and found that early death was far more common in people who drank over five glasses of wine a week.
The study showed that one 40-year-old in particular who drank over twice the recommended amount of wine per week cut their life expectancy by six months.
Similarly, people who consumed over 350g of wine or beer a week shortened their life expectancy by up to five years.
Pretty grim, really.
According to the HSE, a low-risk level of alcohol consumption is 11 standard drinks a week for women, and 17 standard drinks a week for men.
A standard drink can be:
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