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Here's some good news for us all. Drink up people...

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t's news that beer lovers such as Homer Simpson have been waiting for.

Drinking up to six pints a day is OK for your health, a leading alcohol scientist has claimed.

Dr Kari Poikolainen, who used to work for the World Health Organisation as an alcohol expert, examined decades of research into its effects.

He believes believes drinking only becomes harmful when people consume more than around 13 units a day.

Men are currently meant to have no more than four units a day but women are supposed to have three units.


This equates to 21 units for men and 14 for women. A pint of beer contains around two units.

Dr Poikolainen also claimed that people who exceed the recommended limit could live longer than teetotallers.

The Finnish scientist said: 'The weight of the evidence shows moderate drinking is better than abstaining and heavy drinking is worse than abstaining – however the moderate amounts can be higher than the guidelines say.’

He added that drinking just over a bottle of wine a day won’t harm health, either. A bottle contains 10 units.

But Julia Manning, from think-tank 2020Health, said: ‘This is an unhelpful contribution to the debate. It makes grand claims which we don’t see evidence for.’ She added: ‘Alcohol is a toxin, the risks outweigh the benefits.’

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