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Anthea Turner: ‘We have one life – let’s stay as healthy as we can!’

As she celebrates her 65th birthday, TV presenter and author Anthea Turner speaks to Gemma Calvert about her approach to skincare and ageing with confidence, a new addition to her family, and why brands must try harder when talking to those in their 60s

Staying healthy, to the best of your ability, is massively important at any age. We don’t know what’s around the corner. Bad health could affect any of us and so I’ll always do as much as I can to stay healthy for as long as possible.

Unfortunately, a lot of people who are older, and who are not healthy, have made lifestyle choices that haven’t improved their lives. We have one life and it’s not selfish or self-obsessed to be health conscious. It’s our duty to everybody who depends on us to look after ourselves to stay as healthy as we can for as long as we can.

What we eat is one of the biggest problems. You should look at food and think, “Is this going to improve or harm my health?”. I’m a big believer in the 80/20 rule. If 80 per cent of what I eat is a good decision then, of course, I can have a glass of wine, ice cream and cake here and there because they’re good for the soul. But I was brought up in the 60s when sweets and fizzy drinks were seen as a treat. If I oversaw the government, I would ban fizzy drinks.

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