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I was member of the Diet as long as it existed, until May 1933.

I dieted all the time in the Sixties, but we had no idea what dieting meant - we thought it meant not eating anything.

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

I have been on a diet since 1962.

It was when my American coach Dan Pfaff came over from the States in 2009 and started working with me that we really began to look at my diet. He decided I was eating too many carbohydrates, so I cut back on bread. Over the next year I lost weight and became leaner.

As I've gotten older, I've had to change my food intake.

I've done every diet there is.

I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.

Up until the age of 30 I could eat whatever I wanted - I mean, literally, I never put on a pound; if anything, I was criticised in the media for being too skinny.