Medical review on the alcohol consumption of Bond, James Bond

A highly remarkable article in the British Medical Journal featured the alcohol consumption of one of the world’s favourite spies. The fictional character Commander James Bond, as created by Ian Fleming, has been seen in many movies to order his trademark Martini ‘Shaken, not stirred’. But the authors of this article went beyond the Martinis and made a detailed inventory of how much Mr. Bond would actually drink in real life, if he were a real person. They read the 14 James Bond books, made notes, compared these notes and came to a conclusion, all very much like regular scientific research. Their conclusion: James would have consumed a staggering 92 units of alcohol a week, which is over four times the recommended amount of alcohol. This high level of alcohol intake would put him at high risk of alcohol related diseases such as liver disease, cirrhosis, impotence and most likely an early death (if not by violence or sexually transmitted diseases first). So he would most likely suffer from alcohol induced tremor, not a good thing if you want to pull a gun and shoot a terrorist. Maybe cutting down on the drinking would be a good thing Mr. Bond!