Question: are you healthy.do you play any sport.do you have a strict diet

Jean Bourke answered on 17 Nov 2012:

Hi,

I think it’s really important to stay healthy. If you have healthy lifestyle it’s easy to stay health. I don’t specifically exercise but I do walk to and from work and spend most of my day on my feet. At the weekends I tend to walk everywhere and take the opportunity to get out and about in the fresh air. Our lab is on the 7th floor of our building and I try to take the stairs as much as possible: 7 flights are a lot!

It’s important to eat well. When you study chemistry and/or biology you’ll find out more about what all the different nutrients do in your body. There are too many for me to discuss here (but feel free to ask another question if there’s a couple you’re particularly interesting). You really really need to eat lots of fruit and veg. Seriously, all the research into diet and disease management just seems to tell us what we really should know already about how important it is to eat veg! And everyone acts like it’s big news!

I eat A LOT! Loads of people are amazed at how much I can eat and stay slim. Though I may eat a lot of food, I don’t eat a lot of calories. I eat loads of fruit and veg, avoid fast food and take aways. When I do eat take aways I eat good quality ones not really greasy ones. Though I do have a terrible sweet tooth! People say it’s metabolism, but it’s not: It’s maths.

But remember, thin does not mean healthy, you can be thin and have high cholesterol and bad blood pressure. Being big, doesn’t mean you’re not healthy and fit: look at rugby players, they are massive and really fit and healthy.