Alcohol recommendation: There is no level of drinking alcohol that can be guaranteed to be completely ‘safe’ or ‘no risk’. Rather, this is advice on the level of drinking alcohol that will enable healthy adults to keep their risk low. To protect your liver and reduce your lifetime risk of harm from alcohol-related disease or injury, please remember to drink no more than two standard drinks on any day and make sure to have at least 2-3 days in a row without alcohol in a week. It is estimated that 80-90% heavy drinker develop fatty liver and 20-40% develop more severe forms of alcohol-related liver diseases.
This limit is applicable for healthy men and women and does not replace advice from your health care provider.
Diet recommendations: To achieve and maintain a healthy weight and love your liver, be physically active and choose amounts of nutritious food and drinks to meet your energy needs. Please remember to limit high calorie foods and to enjoy foods from 5 groups every day, including plenty of vegetables, fruit, grain, lean meats and poultry, and dairy products and/or their alternatives. More information about a healthy and balanced diet can be found at www.eatforhealth.gov.au.
Physical activity recommendations: Doing any physical activity is better than doing none, you can accumulate your activity by being active on most, preferably all, days every week. Doing 150 minutes physical activity each week will help improve blood pressure and cholesterol, increasing to 300 minutes each week will provide greater benefits and help to prevent cancer and unhealthy weight gain.
Please also remember to consult your doctor for advice on the best types of physical activity for you.