Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s team is now advising Americans to "consume less alcohol" for better health. What experts are saying.

The new nutrition guidance notably removes the previous recommendation to limit alcohol consumption to 1 drink or fewer daily for women and 2 drinks or fewer per men.

The U.S. government has shifted its recommendations for alcohol consumption, in a move that surprised both the alcohol industry and its opponents.

To justify the change, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who oversees the Medicare and Medicaid programs, argued that there was no scientific evidence to justify specific limits on drinking alcohol. “So there is alcohol in these dietary guidelines, but the implication is, don’t have it for breakfast,” he said during the announcement of the new guidelines.

Dr. Mehmet Oz addressed the new guidelines regarding alcohol consumption, which no longer specify safe daily consumption amounts for men and women.

Last spring, a group of officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was drafting a proposal to halve the recommended limit for alcohol consumption for men to one drink a day, according to two former government sources and a document seen by Reuters.

Naltrexone has long been used to treat alcohol use disorder. Now it’s gaining attention as a tool for people who want to cut back on drinking before it becomes a bigger health problem.

A doctor explains what the latest research on alcohol teaches us about its effects on physical health and mental health; including how much alcohol is harmful for health.