Steering clear for three days could dramatically improve your health
Drinkers should avoid alcohol for three days a week to reduce the risk of liver disease, according to doctors.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have warned that the governements guidelines currently imply that it is safe to drink everyday, however this is very misleading.
Men should have no more than 21 units of alcohol a week, while women are restricted to 14, according to the official guidance.
But experts at the RCP said the policy does not take into account of the fact that drinkers should have two to three days a week without any alcohol to let their bodies recover.
Doctors told MPs that the risk of liver disease, alcohol dependence and serious illness increases if they drink every day rather than taking time off.
In their submission to MPs on the Commons science and technology committee, the doctors said: "Government guidlelines should recognise that hazardous drinking has two components: frequency of drinking and amount of drinking.
"To ignore either of these components is scientifically unjustified.
"A simple addition would remedy this - namely a recommendaiton that to remain within safe limits people have three alcohol-free days a week."
The RCP disputes the claim that drining every day will not accrue a significant health risk.