Wine is our friend. Just like chocolate. But unlike chocolate, wine, beer and spirits are the preserve of adults. They are made for - and sold to - grown ups. So the news that the Royal Society for Public Health is calling for calorie labels to be added to alcohol because they feel the vast majority of people are unaware of their calorific content - and that our consumption of alcohol is partly to blame for the obesity epidemic in the UK - is like discovering your champagne has lost it's fizz. Or rather, like you've been given a plastic cup of lemonade instead.

We already know alcohol should be enjoyed in moderation. And do we really think that people on a binge would be halted by discovering each glass of wine they down is 150 calories (the same as two handfuls of popcorn and infinitely more enjoyable)?

We're mature enough to know that when we're on a health kick, the first thing we must do is ditch the drink. We're educated enough to realise how many alcoholic units we should limit ourselves to a week (14 for women, 21 for men if you're wondering) and we already know the perils of the drinking 'empty calories' and the carb overload that invariably follows. So being told exactly how many calories are in every glass we drink feels like a misery - and a hand-holding - too far.

Grant us with enough intelligence to make the right choices - and don't ruin our post work glass of Merlot with depressing number crunching.

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