The nation’s best-known GP, Dr Hilary Jones has issued a stark health warning to the world’s most famous gift-giver – Santa Claus. With his busiest day of the year around the corner, some could say the bearded one’s lifestyle is not the healthiest - especially during the festive season.
Luckily, Dr Hilary was on call to give his expert advice and much-needed wellness tips at a special pre-Christmas Day elf check-up hosted by private healthcare clinic Pall Mall Medical. It’s estimated that for one day only, the jolly chap chomps his way through 2.3 billion mince pies and guzzles 138,389,578 litres of sherry – the same as 55 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
That amounts to a chimney-busting 530 billion calories and 2.5billion units of alcohol – 181 million times over the recommended weekly intake. Factoring in his 24-hour marathon shift, Santa also poses a danger to the skies because lack of sleep can reduce reaction times by 15.4 percent.
