In medicine there are separate weekly limits and binge limits for alcohol. For men over 24 servings of alcohol per week spread evenly is a clear risk boundary, and 7 per day is another risk boundary. 24 per week means roughly 3,5 servings per day, and is considered a high risk limit just like frequently drinking 7 servings at a time (e.g. weekly). This means that it's better to spread them out.

There was once a recommendation of drinking 1 serving per day to promote cardiovascular health, which would mean 7 per week. This was possibly a faulty conclusion and doctors are starting to tilt towards 0 per day to be the healthiest, although the health risks of 1 per day are pretty minor, mainly GI cancer risk increase is the issue

This post was edited by Neptunus on Sep 6 2018 03:40am

you literally wrote that drinking 3.5 a day is a high risk as is 7 once weekly and then went on to say it means spreading them out is better.

also 7 one day a week is 71% less alcohol than 3.5 per day, and you're saying the risk is the same or high in both cases. misleading at best, bs at worst. if 7 once a week is high, 70% more alcohol is extreme. those aren't anywhere near each other

This post was edited by hoipolloi on Sep 6 2018 04:41am

My point is that if you drink 3.5 x 3 per week it totals 10,5 drinks per week which exceeds the total of 7 drinks but doesn't hit the high risk boundary like 7 per day does. The worst would be to drink the 24 weekly portions in three binges of 8 drinks.

It has prbably something to do with how the liver sustains prolonged metabolization of alcohol. If you drink a large amount at once, the metabolites will have time to accumulate to higher concentrations, but obviously if you drink less but often you may be drinking often enough to cause cumulative damage.

This post was edited by Neptunus on Sep 6 2018 05:35am

7 shots every night is the much safer route m8