Tucked into the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines is a small but significant change to the federal recommendation for alcohol intake — “consume less alcohol for overall better health.”
It’s a departure from the long-standing advice of limiting consumption to one drink a day for women and two for men, and the result of a winding history involving competing interests of various administrations, Capitol Hill and the alcohol industry.
The change is prompting some concerns that the message on alcohol is being muddled as studies show a greater connection to a variety of health problems.
