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Health bodies advise no alcohol as safest while breastfeeding, but up to one standard drink a day, taken 2+ hours before nursing, is not known to harm.

While breastfeeding, occasional intake of up to one standard drink is usually considered low risk if you wait about 2 hours before the next feed.

No amount of alcohol is viewed as safe in pregnancy; health experts recommend avoiding alcohol entirely.

During pregnancy, health agencies agree that a pregnant lady should not drink any alcohol at all.

Legal alcohol limits before driving vary by place, but any drinking raises crash risk, so the only reliably safe amount before driving is zero.

Alcohol can lower platelet counts and weaken clotting, and heavier drinking causes stronger and sometimes dangerous effects on platelets.

On average, the liver clears roughly one standard drink, or about 7–10 grams of pure alcohol, per hour in a healthy adult.

Most regular beers contain around 4%–6% alcohol by volume, with some styles running from under 0.5% to more than 10% abv.

Most beer sits between 4% and 7% alcohol by volume, with a 12-ounce 5% beer counting as one standard drink in many health guidelines.

Regular alcohol slows muscle growth by reducing protein synthesis, hurting recovery, and displacing the food and sleep your training needs.