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Sarah Wakeman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
306 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

Yep.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

Yep.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

Well, so part of the challenge is what we think of as one drink.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

So I think much like, you know, if you learn to read the serving size on a food, you realize that like a serving of ice cream is like a half scoop.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

It's not like a giant ice cream sundae.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

The same is true with alcohol.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

So in the UK, the kind of low risk drinking limits talk about units of alcohol, which is the equivalent of eight grams of alcohol.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

So how much of a drink has eight grams of alcohol?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

And to be in that low-risk category, you have to be below 14 units.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

The problem is that glass of wine, just eyeballing it, has several units of alcohol.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

So it is not a โ€“ even though we think of it as a single drink, it's probably โ€“ I mean, I have to guess, but it's probably like three units of alcohol.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

You'd be right at that limit.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

The problem is most people don't drink just one glass.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

If you have two glasses one day and then one glass one day and then three glasses one day because you're at a social function, all of a sudden you're actually quite a lot over that limit.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

And you get 14 a week.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

Yep.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

So yes, you're over if you're drinking that size.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

Yep.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

Lower risk drinking.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Most Replayed Moment: Is There A Safe Amount Of Alcohol? What Happens To The Body When You Drink!

You'd be in what we call moderate risk, which is associated with pretty much every form of cancer, which I think people don't know.