No Moore martinis for diabetic 007 star: Sir Roger, 88, admits to giving up drink to keep his sugar consumption in check

Published: 16:11 EST, 17 October 2015 | Updated: 20:00 EST, 17 October 2015

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James Bond star Sir Roger Moore may have once had a licence to thrill, but since being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the actor, who turned 88 last week, admits to giving up dry martinis to keep his sugar consumption in check.

'I avoid sugar and I don't drink alcohol. My favourite drink is Diet Coke with non-alcoholic beer and I call it the coca-candy. Unfortunately, there are no dry martinis, but I reckon if I am told that in 24 hours my number is up, then I shall make myself a large one,' says the actor.

He adds: 'I also sneak in the odd Magnum Black Espresso ice cream when my glucose reading is OK.

'I do a finger-prick blood glucose test every day – I put a drop of blood on to a testing strip, which I then put into a machine. It makes a little bleep and tells me what my glucose level is. When it is good or under I can have a Magnum – but if it is over, I can't!'

Sir Roger Moore with Bond girl Maud Adams in the 1983 film Octopussy has revealed he has had to give up martinis

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In the tests, everyone who used the newly developed Kane NY Serum Savant twice a day for four weeks saw significant improvements in terms of radiance, wrinkles, dryness and fine lines, as measured in professional skin assessments.

The serum, which has already proved a hit in the United States, was developed over seven years by New York cosmetic surgeon Dr Michael Kane, who was an early pioneer of using Botox for cosmetic purposes.

Expect a stampede at Space NK stores, where the cream has gone on sale for £170 for a 40ml tube.

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Girls have much friendlier dreams than boys, with warm relationships featuring in a third of their recurrent dreams but in less than three per cent of the imagination of boys.

The research, which claims to be the first to ask teenagers about their dreams, questioned boys and girls aged 11 to 15.

The most common themes involved confrontations with monsters or animals, followed by physical aggression, falling and being chased. But unlike adults, young people do not dream about household chores or money, according to scientists from the University of Montreal, whose findings were reported in the journal Conscious Cognition.

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