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Stay Safe And Healthy This Festive Season
Stay Safe And Healthy This Festive Season
The Christmas season is here and, apart from giving gifts, receiving gifts, spending time with the family and friends and celebrating your own meaning of Christmas, a big part of Christmas for a lot of people means a larger consumption of alcohol.
A quick fact? The average person consumes 6,000 calories on Christmas day! This is the equivalent of three days' worth of recommended calorie intake.
We know Christmas is a time of indulgence but, when it comes to a few drinks, stay safe.
Our relationship with alcohol is featuring in the media a lot in the last week. Christmas is just around the corner and everyone is talking about their drinking habits and hangover tips.
80 per cent of us now pre-drink before we head out on the town. Leaving the house tipsy or already drunk means you could very easily find yourself in an uncomfortable situation while out.
This Festive Season we are advised to limit our alcohol consumption to 14 standard drinks a week. This includes three or four alcohol-free days to leave our bodies get rid of any alcohol.
We might try and "play catch-up" on nights out with friends, but what is important to remember is your body can only handle so much alcohol before you put yourself at risk. And a special precaution for all those ladies out there - don't even try to "play catch-up" with the boyfriend or any male friends, the average woman weighs less than the average man and so has less tissue to absorb alcohol.
Women also have a proportionally higher ratio of fat to water than men and are therefore less able to dilute alcohol within the body. Because of this, women will have a higher concentration of alcohol in their blood than men after drinking the same amount.
So stay happy and healthy this Festive Season and whatever you do - don't drink and drive!