Alcohol has a LOT of unnecessary calories.
I have eliminated bread in compensation.
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M:
Too many free radicals. That’s your problem.
James Bond:
“Free radicals,” sir?
M:
Yes. They’re toxins that destroy the body and the brain, caused by eating too much red meat and white bread and too many dry martinis!
James Bond:
Then I shall cut out the white bread, sir.
They're not unnecessary. In moderation, alcohol inhibits the beating to death of annoying people.