Wine Institute refutes need for stricter guidelines on alcohol consumption - PennLive

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Wine Institute submitted formal comments Thursday to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services urging them to preserve the long-standing guidance on alcohol consumption contained in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines (DGA).

Since 1990, the DGA have recommended that adults who chose to consume alcohol should do so in moderation and defined this as no more than one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men, according to a press release. Last month, the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommended a significant change to the guidance on consumption for men, changing the guidance to no more than one drink per day.

“The current recommendation in the Dietary Guidelines should be preserved based on the strength of the current body of scientific evidence supporting that recommendation,” said Bobby Koch, president and CEO of Wine Institute. “The Advisory Committee report clearly fails to establish the preponderance of evidence needed to change this guidance which has been in place for thirty years.”

The agencies are in the process of drafting the 2020-25 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and will issue the final recommendations later this year, the release said.

A copy of Wine Institute’s comments can be found here.

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