Welcome to Health Matters, your weekly dose of the latest in health and wellness from New York Presbyterian.

I'm Faith Sealy. Really.

Recent surveys have shown that more than 60% of Americans are alcohol drinkers.

But is there such a thing as a safe amount of alcohol?

How does alcohol impact your health?

This week I'm joined by the chief of

gastrointestinalorology and hepatology at New York Presbyterian

and Wau Cornell Medicine, Dr Robert Brown.

He helps explain the risks associated with consuming excessive

alcohol and gives recommended intakes for men and women.

Hello Dr Brown. Brown.

Hey there.

Thanks for joining us once again.

Last time you were here on health matters, we spoke about dry January and the many, many positive impacts we experience when we stop drinking for a month.

And this time I want to dive a little deeper into the effects of alcohol on our livers, but first can you kind of give us a general idea about

recommended intakes for men and women when it comes to alcohol consumption?

So I think it's important to know that no amount of alcohol use is healthy.

That being said, unlike cigarettes, there is an accepted safe limit to alcohol intake and that's generally

viewed as about one drinks per day for women and two drinks per day for met and it is important to know what a drink is right and you know you see those cartoons I only drink one drink per day and the glass is bigger than your head.

So I like to start with well beer is the easiest a standard standard beer it's 12 ounces.

A malt liquor would be less because it's stronger.

For wine, it's 4 to 5 ounces, and so there are 5 glasses in a bottle. So if you and your partner are splitting one bottle one of you is drinking too much.

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