There are around three units of alcohol in a large glass of wine. One unit is equivalent to half a pint of beer or a single measure of spirits. The research found that the average woman drank a ...

According to NHS guidelines (from the UK's national healthcare system), a small glass of red wine (125ml, ABV 12%) is 1.5 units, a large glass of wine (250ml) is 3 units, and a standard glass is 2 ...

"It is important that people do not automatically equate one drink with one unit. "A large glass of wine with a high alcohol volume is likely to be the equivalent of considerably more than that.

Former government drug advisor Prof David Nutt has previously claimed ecstasy and LSD are less harmful than alcohol ...

A large glass of wine a day increases the risk of liver and ... for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), warned that just two units of alcohol a day increases the risk of bowel cancer by 18 percent ...

As a result, a large glass is typically double a small measure. A 125ml glass of 12pc wine contains one and a half units of alcohol, while a 250ml glass contains three, according to the NHS.

Women who drink a large glass of wine each night are harming their chances ... two glasses more than current NHS recommendations of 14 units a week, where a unit is the equivalent of around ...

Those who down the equivalent of a large glass of wine a day, or 21 units per week, reduced their fertility by almost a fifth. But a low to moderate intake of between 1.5 and 11 units made no ...

A large glass of wine fulfils the same function. The alcohol involved is hardly outlandish: there are three units in a 250ml glass of 12 per cent wine, compared to 2.8 units in a pint of 5 per cent ...

Just one small glass of wine a day could give you ... drinkers average intake was around 18 units per week - equivalent to 7 and a half cans of beer or 6 large glasses of wine.