Here's a fun fact likely to leave a dark cloud hanging over your Sunday: no amount of alcohol — liquor, wine or beer — is good for your overall health.
That's according to a new analysis of 2016 global alcohol consumption and disease risk, published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet. It is the largest and most detailed research carried out on the effects of booze.
Probably NOT what you wanted to read if you're currently reading this while nursing the mother of all hangovers following Friday after-work drinks and strongly considering the "hair of the dog" option, reports news.com.au.
Even the occasional drink is harmful to your health, according to the study, which suggests governments should think of advising people to abstain completely.
The message comes from the authors of the Global Burden of Diseases study, a rolling project based at the University of Washington, in Seattle.
