A peg or two is good for you
According to Kate Mendoza from World Cancer Research Fund, recent reports have shown that people are unaware of calories in drinks and don't include them when calculating their daily consumption, but unlike food, alcoholic drinks have very little or no nutritional value.
The 'empty calories' in drinks are often forgotten or ignored by dieters, says the WCRF. Containing 7kcal/g, alcohol is only slightly less calorific than fat, which contains 9kcal/g.
Mendoza says that cutting down on drinking can have a big effect on weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight, along with reducing your risk of cancer.