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where is the threshold of # of drinks in a day where daily drinking begins to adversely affect liver? I thought a glass of wine a day was considered neutral or positive, so how many glasses of wine is unehealthy for 3-7 consecutive days?

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You can find lots of articles online that dismiss the impacts of regularly drinking small amounts, but I think it's worth considering that the science on this is incomplete and more recent studies seem to be less optimistic about this.

See, for example: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323252#Even-light-...

Or: https://www.vox.com/2018/4/24/17242720/alcohol-health-risks-...

I was somewhat curious too, and from a brief search found a 2004 paper that calculated roughly 1 standard drink/day for women and 2 for men as the limit before you start increasing risk of adverse effects. I haven't looked at the full text though.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00917...

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