Under the microscope

TV presenter Diane-Louise Jordan, 60, answers our health quiz CAN YOU RUN UP THE STAIRS?

YES. I am very fit. I started running about six miles a day in my teens and kept it up for a few years. I was going for a swim every night until lockdown.

GET YOUR FIVE A DAY?

MY HUSBAND (musician Giles Broadbent) and I are vegetarian, so yes. Six or seven years ago, I started juicing and eating mostly raw food. My energy levels improved.

POP ANY PILLS?

NO. I hate taking pills.

EVER DIETED?

NEVER. I am 5ft and I wear between a size 6 and 8.

ANY VICES?

I HAVE a massive sweet tooth. I would rather eat cakes and croissants than anything healthy.

EVER HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY?

NO. I think plastic surgery as part of a regular beauty routine drives people into insecurity.

MOST SERIOUS ACCIDENT?

IN MY late-40s, when I first started skiing, I had an accident and it looked like I had dislocated my right knee. I needed lots of physio.

ANY FAMILY AILMENTS?

ALL of Mum’s siblings, my grandad and my grandma had glaucoma [a build-up of pressure in the eye that damages the optic nerve]. My mum didn’t get it, but my dad was diagnosed with it in his late-60s and had already lost his sight in one eye because of an accident at work when he was younger. I started getting my eyes tested as soon as I realised the severity of Dad’s case.

COPE WELL WITH PAIN?

I CAN’T cope with pain at all.

HAD ANYTHING REMOVED?

NOT even my tonsils, despite suffering from tonsillitis. I have been hospitalised because of it on a number of occasions.

ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES?

YES, I’ve tried osteopaths and chiropractors, especially when my knee was damaged — but it didn’t really work.

EVER BEEN DEPRESSED?

NO. I did feel low during the first week of lockdown but I’m a glasshalf-full person.

HANGOVER CURE?

WATER is the cure for everything.

WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE?

NOTHING. I have six or seven hours of sleep a night. I tend to get up around half five.

WORST PHOBIA?

I’VE got an irrational fear of mice.

LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER?

I WOULD love to live fit and well until I’m about 120. I’d like my loved ones to live a long life, too.

DIANE is an ambassador for charity Christian Blind Mission that works to prevent blindness in the world’s poorest places (cbmuk.org.uk).