Under the microscope

Singer and TV personality Myleene Klass, 42, answers our health quiz

CAN YOU RUN UP THE STAIRS?

AS A mum of three (Ava, 13, Hero, nine, and Apollo, one) and stepmum to two (the children of fiance Simon Motson, 46), I’m on my feet all day, so I don’t need to do formal exercise. I’m taking part in Dancing On Ice, so I’m wearing my ice skates (with protective covers) all over the house to get used to them. Now that I’ve started training I’m on the ice 12 hours a week.

GET YOUR FIVE A DAY?

I TRY. I probably look after the children better than I do myself — I end up picking at their food. I love broccoli.

EVER DIETED?

AS I’VE been pregnant recently, my weight has fluctuated. I don’t diet now — I’m breastfeeding, so I need extra calories — and I don’t weigh myself, I go by size. I’m usually a size 8 but right now I’m a size 10.

ANY VICES?

STRAWBERRY Cornettos. I can do three in a row on a hot day.

WORST INJURY?

I HAD a go-karting accident when I was 21. I crashed at 70mph and injured my lower spine. I’ve had to have several operations since. When I was in the jungle for I’m A Celebrity in 2006, I was only allowed to bungee backwards to reduce the pressure on my spine.

POP ANY PILLS?

NO. I have the heartbeat of a dolphin. When I was giving birth, the midwife said: ‘You wouldn’t even know you’re in labour, your heartbeat is so slow.’

HAD ANYTHING REMOVED?

MY TONSILS, when I was ten. When I got back to school, a teacher said: ‘You’re faking it. You can speak.’

EVER HAD PLASTIC SURGERY?

I’VE not had any. It’s not my bag.

COPE WELL WITH PAIN?

I HAVE a really high pain threshold. My children asked me to describe childbirth, and I told them it was like pushing out a watermelon on fire.

ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES?

NO. I like things that good oldfashioned doctors have prescribed.

EVER BEEN DEPRESSED?

NOBODY can be happy 100 per cent of the time. Everything in my life is so frantic, sometimes I just need to take a few minutes out to breathe.

HANGOVER CURE?

I DON’T drink much — I just can’t deal with a hangover with young children.

WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE?

THE children coming in during the night, saying: ‘I need to dress up as a dog tomorrow.’ The baby is teething, so I’ve been waking every three hours.

ANY PHOBIAS?

I HAVE trypophobia — I can’t bear tiny little holes in things. It could be in a crumpet or in a pattern. If something triggers me, my neck goes funny.

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