'Drink everyone under the table' Julia Bradbury says she used to be 'unkind' to her body

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Countryfile star, 52, told how she used to "drink everyone under the table" as she reflected on her healthy new lifestyle after her cancer diagnosis.After being diagnosed with breast cancer in September and undergoing a mastectomy, Julia told how she wants to "increase" her odds to stay alive for her children.Speaking about her life before she was diagnosed with cancer, Julia reflected on her diet.She said: "I was considered healthy, but I was eating way too much refined sugar every day which is toxic and disrupts the hormone balance."The star added that she was having "too much" sugar in her diet which she has now cut out.Michael Bublé stops Exeter show after crowds 'scream' for paramedicsThe Britain's Best Walks star went on to tell how she has given up alcohol in a bid to stop the disease returning.Julia explained: "Historically, I haven't been kind to my body or my gut."I had a reputation for drinking everybody else under the table."But right now, I don't feel comfortable drinking alcohol because if I drink one unit of alcohol a day, my risk of recurrence is between 5 and 6% across my lifetime," she added to woman&home magazine.The TV presenter was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2021 and she received the news while filming for This Morning in the forest.Julia went on to have a mastectomy to have a 6cm tumour removed from her left breast as well as two lymph glands.Speaking about her reconstructed breast, the TV presenter addressed her new breast.Julia said: "I have a breast, I have my nipple, but I don't have sensation and because I'm naturally slim, I have what I call the mozzarella-cheese effect around, as my friend Ben Shephard and I call it, my pneumatic boob."Earlier on in the year, the star reflected.