Julia Bradbury gives up alcohol to help stop cancer returning after previously being able to ‘drink everybody under the table’
metro.co.ukJulia Bradbury has revealed the new approach she has to life to help stop her cancer from returning, including giving up alcohol.The 51-year-old TV presenter, best known for her shows on nature and travel, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, which she shared publicly that September.She was diagnosed with a 5cm tumour in her left breast, and in October 2021 underwent a mastectomy and reconstruction.The mum is doing everything to ‘increase [her] odds’ against the ‘bad luck’ of cancer, as her ‘biggest motivation is staying alive for [her] children.’She and husband Gerard Cunningham share three children together: 10-year-old son Zephyr, and twin daughters Xanthe and Zena, aged seven.Julia now says she has given up alcohol as part of the process, saying she previously had a reputation for being able to ‘drink everybody else under the table.’In an interview with Woman&Home Magazine, for which she is starring in a cover shoot, she revealed that she is currently ‘not comfortable with drinking alcohol.’‘If I drink one unit of alcohol a day, my risk of recurrence is between five and six per cent across my lifetime,’ she explained.‘With four units a day, it goes up to 28 per cent.’Julia was ‘considered healthy’ when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer, but says she was eating refined sugar ‘every day,’ which she says is ‘toxic and disrupts the hormone balance.’‘I’m a positive person, and I’m trying to use my resilience and health to make a positive impact on my body,’ she explained.The Countryfile presenter has been open about her diagnosis and treatment for cancer, aiming to raise awareness about the disease.Discussing the importance of being breast aware, Addie Mitchell, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Breast Cancer.
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