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doi:10.1136/bmjusa.01070006

BMJ, doi: 10.1136/bmjusa.01070006, (Published 5 September 2002)

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A Bond impersonator?

Can anyone really taste the difference?

A Bond impersonator?

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EDITOR $---$ I greatly enjoyed this eye-opening study of martinis, but it seems that the researchers have been fooled by an imposter.The real James Bond always drank vodka martinis, never the traditionalgin martini. That's just the sort of mistake I'd expect from aSMERSH agent trying to impersonate Bond: ordering the obvious"British" martini instead of the idiosyncratic, worldly vodkacocktail.

IN REPLY $---$ We will be examining the antioxidant activity of other martini mixes in the New Millennium. It seems we have a SMERSHagent in our student ranks who has misdirected us! Rest assuredthat he or she will beexposed.

Kathleen O'Malley.
Medscape, Inc kathyleen@worldoftile.com

John Trevithick, professor.
Maurice Hirst, professor.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada trevjohn@julian.uwo.ca

Can anyone really taste the difference?

EDITOR $---$ This study is certainly clear on the health benefits. Shaken martinis have twice the antioxidant effect of stirredmartinis, so those of us who drink our martinis stirred shouldobviously drink twice as many of them to enjoy as healthy a lifeas . . . [Full text of this article]