Mary Berry reveals secret to staying slim despite eating 36 cakes a DAY during Bake Off filming
The 81-year-old is in great shape but how does she do it?
MARY Berry has lifted the lid on how she stays so slim during the Great British Bake Off filming – despite the fact she eats up to 36 cakes a day.
The 81-year-old has revealed she never eats a full meal during filming, sticking instead to just soups and starters in place of main meals.
And while viewers may be used to seeing her happily piling cake into her mouth, the star has admitted she watches calories very closely.
Speaking to , she said: “I have soup at lunchtime and I know exactly how many calories are in that soup. I don’t have bread with it but I might have a salad it’s very hot.
"I’ll have a couple of starters if I am in a hotel in the evening. That’s it. Otherwise I will put on weight because I am having to taste 36 cakes a day. It’s my job. Freak diets, I don’t think work.
"It’s control. Have a smaller plate. I have mountains of vegetables – green vegetables, broccoli, beans. I have twice as much as my husband does.”
Mary – who returned to TV last night for the new series of the hit BBC show – also opened up about the need to ditch fried food in Britian.
She told the mag: “We need to teach parents about the right foods to give children. It’s very difficult. Many people think children must have chips.
"I don’t think any household should have a deep fat fryer. I never fry a doughnut! I think it’s quite unnecessary. If you want a doughnut, go and buy one once in a blue moon.
"It’s about everything in moderation. It isn’t what’s in children’s lunchboxes, it’s when they walk around the corner from school with money they’ve been given and buy all the other things.
"I honestly think there shouldn’t be sugared drinks. All my grandchildren drink water all through the day. I’ve just had them to stay and at breakfast they have water. They don’t even know what sugary drinks are.”
Read the full interview in the October issue of Good Housekeeping, on sale August 30.
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