Contra Oster on Alcohol in Pregnancy. Part 1. The pharmacokinetics of alcohol metabolism

This is the first of a series on how Oster is wrong on drinking in pregnancy in her 2013 book Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know.For this part, we'll focus on how and why her biological model of ethanol metabolism is incorrect. This premise forms part of her argument on why it's acceptable to drink 1-2 drinks* a week in the first trimester and more later in pregnancy. Oster writes,To understand why there is a difference between exces...