Swapping sugary drinks like juice cordial and soft drinks for tap water helps you:
- have healthy teeth
- prevent chronic diseases
- maintain a healthy weight.
How much water do you need?
| Babies: | Start to give your baby water in a sippy cup from 6 months old. If your baby is having infant formula give them water that has been boiled and cooled on hot days. |
| Toddlers: | About 4 cups |
| Children: | About 5 cups |
| Teenagers: | About 6 - 8 cups |
| Adults: | About 8 - 10 cups |
| Older Adults: | About 8 - 10 cups |
| Pregnancy: | About 9 cups |
| Breastfeeding: | About 10 cups |
Be careful with alcohol
To reduce the risk of harm from alcohol - related disease or injury adults should drink no more than 10 standard drinks a week and no more than 4 standard drinks on any one day. Not drinking alcohol is the safest option if you are pregnant.
A standard drink is equivalent to 10 grams of alcohol:
| Wine: | 100 millitre glass |
| Sparkling: | 100 millitre glass |
| Spirit: | 30 millitre nip (shot glass) |
| Cider: | 285 millitre glass (pot) |
| Full strength beer: | 285 millitre glass (pot) |
| Light beer: | 425 millitre glass (schooner) |
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