Film stunts take their toll, so the former 007, Roger Moore, tries to eat healthily. Dr John Briff a gives James Bond the all clear
I start the day with porridge, which my wife Kristina makes for me. I have it with a spoonful of milk thrown over the top after I've sprinkled on my sweetener. And lemon and ginger tea, sometimes steeped with fresh ginger - I don't drink tea or coffee. It's quite abstemious but as someone once told me, 'Life is wonderful, old age is
'. They were absolutely right.Years of doing stunts does take its toll eventually. I like feeling well, I love it. So I look after myself. I rattle with vitamin pills and I'm a firm believer in preventive medicine. Which is why both Kristina and I are on a diet. No bread and no sweet things, but we're certainly not on Atkins. It's so bad for you - our bodies need carbohydrates.
I believe in a good lunch and very little for supper to make up for the times when we have to entertain or go out. So for lunch today I cooked two nice sirloin steaks, cabbage and green beans - I do both of those with a little vegetable bouillon cube - mushrooms with onion to make a gravy, tomatoes and some fennel.
I cook and Kristina cleans up. I'm very tidy until just before everything is ready, then it suddenly becomes a panic. But I enjoy cooking. Sometimes I cook onions, carrots and parsley, let them bubble away. That comes in useful for making gravies. Kristina likes wok food, and eating with chopsticks, so I do fillet of cod in the wok, with beansprouts, grated carrot and fennel, and courgette. I love courgette - it's wonderful chopped raw in salads. We always have arugula, and I'm very fond of watercress. And celeriac - so much better for your insides than celery .
And I like all herbs except coriander. It makes me feel violently ill - like strawberries, they make me feel sick; and peaches - I can't stand the smell. But I love blueberries and raspberries, and all other fruit. So tonight for supper, we'll just have an orange and an apple each, and feel quite happy. And no booze, obviously. People think I drink dry martinis all the time, but I have about three a year, made with Tanqueray gin. I much prefer a nice bottle of Sancerre.
When we're not travelling for Unicef, we live in Gstaad in the winter, and Monaco in summer. It is idyllic, and it does sound glamorous. But Michael Caine and a mate once decided, 'Let's call Rog in Switzerland, see what he's up to.' I said, 'I'm sitting here eating baked beans, watching a video of Dad's Army.' I love beans on toast, Heinz of course, but it's imaginary toast at the moment.
And chocolate is only in my dreams - ooh, lovely dark Lindt, or Cadbury's Bourneville. If I were shopping for sheer pleasure and gluttony, there would be McVities dark chocolate digestives. And ice cream. I adore ice cream - aah, H
