Jeremy Clarkson shared an update on his health after his major heart surgery forced him to rethink his life.
The presenter, 64, revealed he was ‘days away from death’ before his life-saving heart operation last year, but has since returned to work and radically changed his lifestyle of life.
During filming ITV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Jeremy commented on his new routine.
He said: “My phone lit up this morning saying ‘you’re taking a lot fewer steps this week than last’.
“I thought, ‘Yeah, I would be as I’m sitting here.'” This also indicates that you’re eating a lot less sausage.
“I sit here and eat celery. I feel better on it. I feel very good.
Jeremy Clarkson shared an update on his health after his major heart surgery forced him to rethink his life
The presenter, 64, revealed he was “days away from death” before his life-saving heart operation last year, but has since returned to work and radically changed his lifestyle of life.
Jeremy added that he now has a dietitian who has advised him to avoid processed foods.
“I went to see a dietitian. The dietitian gave me a pretty good list and said, “don’t eat processed foods.”
“If it has more than one ingredient, don’t eat it. I feel good,” he said.
It comes after he revealed in October last year that he was “days away from death” before recently undergoing urgent heart surgery.
The presenter had to undergo the procedure after a “sudden deterioration” in his health, with the star admitting: “Crikey, that was close.”
He started feeling unwell after swimming in the Indian Ocean while on holiday on a “small island” and later struggled to climb a flight of stairs.
Jeremy returned to Britain and a “sudden deterioration began to accelerate”, he felt “clammy”, “a feeling of tightness in his chest” and “tingling in my left arm”.
After sharing the news on Sunday in his Sunday Times column, he shared a new update on his health.
While filming ITV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Jeremy commented on his new routine
Jeremy added that he now has a dietician who has advised him to avoid processed foods.
He told The Sun: “I’m very grateful to everyone who has sent messages of support, but I’m fine.
“I just have to not do any manual labor or unload the dishwasher for the next four years. At least I think that’s what the doctor said.
The recent tragic death of Alex Salmond following a massive heart attack has prompted the motoring journalist to consult his GP.
Clarkson wrote in his Sunday Times column how he felt “almost dead” after returning to the beach after a short swim.
He spent the rest of his vacation on a tropical island eating cheese and drinking wine.
It was only on his return to Britain, while loading 30 pigs onto an “abattoir school bus”, that he noticed tingling in his left arm.
He then traveled to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford via ambulance, where a heart attack was ruled out after undergoing an electrocardiogram (ECG), blood tests and x-rays.
He said he then went to an “operating room” on Wednesday, after further checks, and doctors said he may have been “days away” from death.
Once there, he had a stent inserted to keep his arteries open, improving blood flow to his heart and relieving his chest pain.
Clarkson opened up about the frightening warnings he received from his doctor, including one who told him to stop working after a heart procedure.
A stent is a metal mesh tube that supports open arteries. To open the narrowed artery, the surgeon may perform what is called an angioplasty.
This involves making a small incision in a patient’s arm or leg, through which a wire with a deflated balloon attached is threaded to the coronary arteries.
Describing what he calls the “tedious effects of aging,” Clarkson said: “It appears that of the arteries supplying my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading in that direction.
He said a stent, which can save lives and stop future heart attacks by improving blood flow to the heart, was placed in about two hours.
The motoring journalist said: “It wasn’t particularly painful. Just strange,” and added that he thought, “Crikey, that was close.”