Wine Whine.

According to the Daily Telegraph the ever watchful health police are now closing in on the seven million people who allegedly enjoy a glass or two of wine after work. Too many people it seems, are enjoying too much of the product of the grape to be good for their health.

Perhaps the health police should concentrate a little more on what makes people want to relieve their stress by imbibing a glass or two in the first place. Long hours, often insecure terms of employment and rubbish pay for many combine to create conditions where stress relief is a often a necessity. Perhaps a concerted drive to reduce the stress factors in employment might do more to reduce the need for a glass or to of the old el vino then pious lectures from nanny.

The joke about the health police is that their work is ultimately self defeating. If much of their work is aimed at helping to reduce the burden on the NHS by pursuading us to live longer, healthier lives the aim is futile for the simple reason that if we do manage to live longer and healthier lives the end result is that more and more of us will end up needing constant care due to developing the horrors of Alzhiemers or similar conditions that affect the elderly and for which there are no known cures.

The best course of action is to be aware of the dangers but go on doing what makes you happy. If your life is shorter maske sure its enjoyable.