Nannies Say We Drink Too Much

From the Chicago Tribune: On any given day in the United States, 18 percent of men and 11 percent of women drink more alcohol than federal guidelines recommend, according to a study that also found that 8 percent of men and 3 percent of women are full-fledged "heavy drinkers."
That means the great majority of Americans stay within the advised limit of two drinks a day for men and one for women, according to the study that appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
"And in fact, most adults don't drink at all on any given day," said lead author Patricia Guenther, a nutritionist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
"But the fact remains that it is a significant public health problem that many people do drink to excess."
Guenther said that members of the committee that drafted the current USDA guidelines on alcohol consumption wanted to know how many adults exceeded the limits. 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-drinkingbre91n0ig-20130224,0,5213032.story
Obviously, if you drink a quart of vodka, that may not be good.  But having a few beers at night in your home, where it affects nobody but yourself is none of the government's business.
And 4 drinks over an entire day is now considered to be binge drinking?
Fricking nannies, they wouldn't be satisfied if no one drank.