James Bond an 'impotent alcoholic'

JAMES Bond's martini habit likely made him an impotent alcoholic, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal.

"We conclude that James Bond was unlikely to be able to stir his drinks, even if he would have wanted to, because of likely alcohol-induced tremor," wrote researchers Patrick Davies, Indra Neil Guha and Graham Johnson.

The study authors read 12 of Ian Fleming's novels starring the British spy, noting his alcohol consumption and calculating that in the total 123.5 days described he often drank more than four times the weekly recommended limit of alcohol.

Bond was at "considerable risk of developing alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis, impotence, and other alcohol-related health problems, together with being at serious risk of injury or death because of his drinking."

The most he drank in one day was in From Russia With Love, when he consumed 49.8 units - in Britain the recommended daily limit for men is three or four units. On average he drank between 65 and 92 units a week.

Bond was also a serial drink-driver, the researchers noted.

"In Goldfinger, for example, he drinks 18 units while having drinks and dinner with Auric Goldfinger before then driving home," they wrote.

"In Casino Royale, he drinks over 39 units before engaging in a high speed car chase, losing control, and spending 14 days in hospital. We hope that this was a salutatory lesson."

It was a "pure fiction", the authors wrote, that Bond would be able to carry out the highly complicated tasks described in the thrillers after drinking so much.

"Although we appreciate the societal pressures to consume alcohol when working with international terrorists and high stakes gamblers, we would advise Bond be referred for further assessment of his alcohol intake and reduce his intake to safe levels," they concluded.

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