James Bond's dirty little spy secret: He's an alcoholic
(HealthDay News) -- Iconic spy character James Bond drinks so much and so often that in real life he'd be incapable of chasing down villains or wooing sexy vamps, a new study contends.
"The level of functioning as displayed in the books is inconsistent with the physical, mental and indeed sexual functioning expected from someone drinking this much alcohol," wrote a team led by Dr. Patrick Davies, of Nottingham University Hospitals, in England.
His team analyzed the famous spy's alcohol consumption and found that it was more than four times higher than the recommended intake for an adult male.
This puts Bond at high risk for several alcohol-related diseases -- including alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis, impotence and alcohol-induced tremor. Because of his heavy drinking, the real 007 would have a life expectancy of 56, doctors say.
The alcohol-induced tremor may explain why Bond prefers his martinis "shaken, not stirred," the study authors joked. They added that the alcoholism-induced tremor in his hands means he's unlikely to be able to stir his drinks, even if he wants to.
Davies' group launched the study because they were struck by the fact that the amount of Bond's drinking in the original books seemed rather high. They wondered if he could actually carry out his missions and woo so many women at this level of drinking.
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"Um... why to all three of those things?"
Oh, God, yes indeed.
or "M" appeal...
or "Male appeal" (which is where the character got her admittedly misogynistic name).
From an episode that was banned by most US stations that carried the show (1960s after all)... "The Hellfire Club".
Not to mention that Diana Rigg was also a "Bond Woman" (in the sense that she was in a Bond movie "On Her Majesties Secret Service). But she played the woman that Bond married and her death (at the hands of Ernst Blofeld) is likely what caused Bond to start drinking heavily.
she rocks
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I love both shows.
"Pray for me now in the hour of my death which I hope is soon. Amen."
you end up watering it down. Shaking the ice develops ice chips, which end up in the drink, and melt. Stirred martinis are stronger due to no ice chips 
And if he had an "alcohol-induced tremor" then did they also look into how often he makes his own drinks? When he says "shaken, not stirred" he's not telling himself those instructions; it's being spoken to a bartender.
They seem to be getting major points wrong.
to get all healthy again, since he was drinking and smoking too much and it was starting to effect his physical performance, and we can't have that now, can we 007? 
