‘It’s impossible’: The trouble with standard drinks

So you think you’ve got this drinking business licked. If you’re on a long-term fitness program, you also might be following the Australian government’s national guidelines for alcohol consumption: no more than two standard drinks a day for healthy men and women. While those basic rules may help judge the amount of alcohol you should be drinking during the festive season – from beer to spirits – the task for wine drinkers is far more difficult due to a confusing array of labelling anomalies allowed under Australian law, reports News.com.au.