WHY I’M WORRIED ABOUT . . .

THIS week we learn that just a single unit of alcohol a day can put you at ‘significant risk’ of dementia, according to Oxford and Cardiff university researchers.

This may come as a surprise to those of us who last week read about ‘super-agers’ — and how many of them enjoy a daily tipple.

Exasperated by such contradictions in health news, many take the attitude: ‘I don’t know what to believe so I shall just do as please,’ yet common sense must always prevail and that means moderation in all things.