Is your Dangerous Pleasure booze? Have a go at the Booze Calculator...
As part of our Dangerous Pleasures Season here on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three, this week we've been looking at our relationship with alcohol. The excellent documentary Laura Hall: My Battle With Booze explores the fascinating story of the first girl to be banned from drinking alcohol in England and Wales. There's another chance to watch it tomorrow at 10.30pm or you can watch it now online. And Actress Emily Atack has been investigating our binge drinking culture in Ready Steady Drink which is available to watch online too. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1 is also looking at the alcohol issue on Newsbeat with a whole week of special reports looking at booze in Britain. They've launched a Booze Calculator, a simple game which will force to you to look at exactly how much alcohol you are really drinking.
My January detox plans haven't really gone to plan and like most people I don't really know how many units are in a drink. So I have no idea if I'm staying within the weekly alcohol limit recommended by the government: it's 14 units a week if you're female and 21 if you're a man. I thought I should definitely give the Booze Calculator a go.
You just have to put in the number of drinks you've had and it will tell you all sorts of information like how much you spent, the calories you consumed and how long the booze stays in your system. Confessing to a Sunday afternoon in the pub, I thought the fairly moderate amount I'd had with my roast wouldn't be that bad...but OMG! Boy is this a wake up call! Not only did I drink 85% of my weekly limit in one afternoon but that is the calorific equivalent of a slice of pizza, a burger, a doughnut, and two jaffa cakes! And that's on top of the roast dinner I ate!!
Although I'm still pretty shocked by the outcome it's actually quite addictive - I've been putting in various combinations of drinks I often consume! It's scary stuff! Why not have a go yourself and let us know how you get on.
Dana Stevens is Content Producer for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three online.
(By the way this isn't the amount I drank!!)
Although I'm still pretty shocked by the outcome it's actually quite addictive - I've been putting in various combinations of drinks I often consume! It's scary stuff! Why not have a go yourself and let us know how you get on.
- Try the Newsbeat Booze Calculator
- More about Laura Hall: My Battle With Booze
- ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1 Newsbeat's interview with Laura Hall
- Watch Ready, Steady, Drink online
- More about the Dangerous Pleasures season
Dana Stevens is Content Producer for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three online.
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At 3rd Feb 2011, phkk wrote:I drink 85% of my weekly limit in one afternoon but that is the calorific equivalent of a slice of pizza, a burger, a doughnut, and two jaffa cakes! And that's on top of the roast dinner I ate!! ..
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