James Gallagher of BBC reports: It is one of the recommendations in a report by the Science and Technology Committee, which is calling for review of all government guidelines on alcohol in the UK.
It says there are “sufficient concerns” about the recommendations on how much people should drink.
The report has been welcomed by charities and public health experts.
Advice on the maximum units of alcohol that should be consumed were introduced in 1987. Twenty-one units in a week for men and 14 for women.
In 1995, the advice was changed to recommend that men did not regulary drink more than three to four units per day. The figures were two to three units for women. It also says that after heavy drinking people should leave 48 hours for the body to recover.
The report questioned whether this “appeared to endorse daily drinking”.
It said having two alcohol-free days would “would enforce the message that drinking every day should be avoided”.
It also says there “could be merit” in setting a lower limit for older people in the same manner as there are more specific rules for children and pregnant women.
The idea of increasing the daily limit, was however, ruled out.
The report highlighted problems when it came to understanding how many units of alcohol there are in a drink.
More at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16443240