Shaken martinis may be more effective antioxidants than stirred ones

Speculating on why the secret agent James Bond seems so healthy, Trevithick and colleagues tested the antioxidant properties of Bond's favourite drink---"shaken, not stirred" martinis (p 1600). They tested drinks for their ability to deactivate hydrogen peroxide and found that shaken martinis were more effective than stirred martinis and that both were more effective than gin or vermouth alone.


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Shaken, not stirred: bioanalytical study of the antioxidant activities of martinis
C C Trevithick, M M Chartrand, J Wahlman, F Rahman, M Hirst, and J R Trevithick
BMJ 1999 319: 1600-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




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