Facts about alcohol
Drinking alcohol is part of our national culture and so it's easy for us to feel that we know all about it – but how much of what we know is based in fact and how much is just a myth?
Here we explode common misconceptions about alcohol and provide the information you need to make decisions about drinking. We’ve teamed up with leading medical experts to bring you the latest information about alcohol and your health, starting with a series of factsheets on topics like liver disease and mental health. Over the next few weeks we’ll be adding other issues like breast and oral cancers, so check back to keep on top of the facts.
Did you know that alcohol shrinks your brain and that’s what causes the dehydration in your thumping headache the morning after a hard night? Or that as many as 33,000 people in the UK die from alcohol related causes each year- that’s ten times as many people as die on the roads every year.
Expert advice, fact sheets and myth-busting, the facts here will mean decisions about your own drinking are based on reality, not fiction.
