Are we right to demonise drink?

I often have this fantasy that I enter a supermarket where the only products available for purchase are those that are good for us. Imagine the gaps – no cakes, no crisps, no sweets, no processed food full of additives and E numbers, no fizzy drinks full of sugar or dangerous additives (Health Canada recommends limiting alcohol to just 2 drinks per week, 18 January).

I enjoy alcohol, though I’m currently also enjoying dry January. I can’t remember the last time a doctor or a dental survey asked me how many units of burgers, crisps or cakes I normally consume in a week.

I exercise regularly, and normally drink sensibly, with several non-drink days a week. I am a fairly strong and fit 72-year-old who, up to now, has not bothered our beleaguered NHS much. I resent being given warnings about how much to drink while feeling that too little notice is given to obesity and poor diet in our society. Have we really got this one right?
David Roberts
Exeter