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Health-conscious? Chris Tarrant exercises, but admits he could improve his diet\u00a0<\/p>\n
Can you run up the stairs?<\/span><\/p>\nYes. I walk two or three miles a day when I\u2019m at home in Berkshire. I\u2019ve always been quite fit and still play a bit of cricket.<\/p>\n
Get your five-a-day?<\/span><\/p>\nPossibly not, as there aren\u2019t many vegetables I am fond of. I am good with fruit. But, otherwise, I eat lots of meat \u2014 probably a little too much.<\/p>\n
Pop any pills?<\/span><\/p>\nI take a statin and clopidogrel, a blood thinner, which I have taken since I had a stroke in 2014.<\/p>\n
Ever dieted?<\/span><\/p>\nYes. Filming in a studio a lot, doing long hours, means you can\u2019t help but put on weight, as you grab whatever is to hand to eat. When I was filming Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? I was always on a diet of some sort. I am 6 ft 2 in. I would like to be 14 st 8, but tend to hover over 15 st.<\/p>\n
Any vices?<\/span><\/p>\nI used to smoke a lot \u2014 around 30 cigarettes a day \u2014 but gave up 30 years ago. Then I smoked cigars for about ten years and gave that up, too.<\/p>\n
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Most serious illness?<\/span><\/p>\nThe stroke, which happened when I was flying back from Bangkok to Heathrow. When I lost the use of my right leg and I couldn\u2019t lift my right arm up, I knew what it was. I was in Charing Cross Hospital for three weeks. My six children and partner Jane were very worried. I had six months of physiotherapy and speech therapy, now I feel incredibly lucky.<\/p>\n
Cope well with pain?<\/span><\/p>\nI\u2019m all right, actually. I tend not to take painkillers very often.<\/p>\n
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Help: Pictured with his daughter, Sammy, at a fundraising event for the Stroke Association<\/p>\n
Had anything removed?<\/span><\/p>\nI had a bit of skin removed from an eyelid last year, which was a non-malignant type of skin cancer. It was very painful.<\/p>\n
Is sex important?<\/span><\/p>\nIt is essential and has been since I was a teenager.<\/p>\n
Tried alternative remedies?<\/span><\/p>\nIn my 30s, I had a lot of back pain, I think from playing rugby. I was told nothing could be done and I should take painkillers and learn to live with it. After four years, I went to see an acupuncturist and I was pain-free after two sessions.<\/p>\n
Ever been depressed?<\/span><\/p>\nNo. I am on a fairly even keel.<\/p>\n
Hangover cure?<\/span><\/p>\nA nurse at Central Television used to give me a mix of soluble aspirin and glucose in the Tiswas days.<\/p>\n
What keeps you awake?<\/span><\/p>\nI wake up at 2am most days and I lie there worrying about being awake. I tend to sleep about five hours a night.<\/p>\n
Have any phobias?<\/span><\/p>\nSnakes. I hate them.<\/p>\n
Ever have plastic surgery?<\/span><\/p>\nNo. I will grow old naturally.<\/p>\n
? A new series of Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys airs later this year.<\/p>\n
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