The men alcohol study that was not released

NY Times -   Federal dietary guidelines long recommended limits on alcohol consumption for Americans: one drink daily for women, two for men. But last spring, health officials seriously considered a dramatic redefinition of moderate drinking for men, according to two people with knowledge of the process who spoke anonymously because they feared reprisals.

The officials proposed lowering the cap for men to one drink a day, the recommended limit for women. That suggestion, contained in a draft document written in March and obtained by The New York Times, went nowhere.

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and other officials unveiled the new guidelines earlier this month, they included a vague directive telling Americans only to “limit” alcohol. Even the long-established caps for men and women were gone.

The advice never became a formal draft recommendation, and the team working on the document was disbanded. Some were terminated last spring, and others were reassigned.