Alcohol Unit Calculator; See how much alcohol you're taking, and how it affects your health.





About Alcohol

Alcoholic beverages, when taken in excess over a long period of time, may cause serious health problems to your body. Meanwhile, it naturally has its own health benefits.

Benefits of alcohol include;
1) Reduces the level of Low Density Lipids (LDL or bad cholesterol) in the blood, thereby contributing to increase in HDL (high density lipids or good cholesterol).
2) It prevents thrombotic event, by inhibiting platelet aggregation which, when they occur, can lead to stroke.

Its benefits, however,

DO NOT OUTWAY THE RISKS.

Therefore, it is not advisable to bank on alcohol for good cardiovascular and even cognitive health, because of the following reasons;
1) Thining of blood vessels, thereby raising risk of heart diseases.
2) Erectile dysfunction (by promoting drainage of blood through the veins in the genital).
3) Liver diseases, because the liver is responsible for metabolizing alcohol (breaking it down). People on drugs already should consult their pharmacist to know if it is safe to consume alcohol with the drugs they are taking. But it is advisable to not take alcohol at all while on drugs
4) Cognitive deterioration. Alcohol is known to cause memory decline, and overall decrease in cognitive function.
5) Pregnant women who take alcohol expose the pregnancy to potential harm, and the baby to deformity.
6) Alcohol is known to cause breathing difficulties.

Note: The recommended unit of alcohol consumption for both adult men and women is 2 units per day (14 units per week), or less.



Alcohol Unit Calculator

(over the past 24 hours; 1 day)
Alcohol Unit Calculator

Alcohol percentage in drink you took

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Volume of the glass/bottle you took:

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How many of the above did you take?:

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You have consumed:

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units of alcohol in the past 24 hours.

If you have consumed more than 2 units per day, and it is a habit of yours, you expose yourself to the risks listed above.
If you practice binge drinking (drinking excessive amount of alcoholic beverages once in a while), you stand the rick of developing brain damaging, heart disease (including having cardiac arrest), committing suicide, getting raped or engaging in unhealthy sexual activities for women, amongst various harms, and even sudden death.