A survey taken by department of health in London suggests that the English holidaymakers are turning to drink on their breaks with the average adult consuming eight alcoholic drinks a day. So this kind of drinking equates to 80 drinks over the course of the average holiday, or well over 200 units of alcohol. Some people said they ended up drinking three times more than normal. When department of health questioned 3,500 adults 70% of them said they plan to make September the "new January" by cutting back. NHS guidelines gave a suggestion that the women should not take more than two to three units a day and for men not more than three to four units which is roughly equal to a large glass of wine for women and two pints of beer for men. But 10 million adults in England regularly exceed the recommended daily limits, increasing their risk of serious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, liver disease and various cancers, says government.
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