The One Show host Alex Jones has given update on her husband Charlie Thompson's health, sharing the news as she sat down with Gabby Logan on her podcast "Midpoint".
The presenter chatted about balancing her work life with being a mother to her three children under the age of six as well as talking about her love of nature and her family's lifestyle during the episode.
The TV star shared lots of hilarious anecdotes, but the chat also turned serious as some points. One conversation in particular saw Gabby ask her guest: "We are here now in this mid-life period with more written about than ever before about longevity and how to live your healthiest life, if you eat well, if you don't drink too much alcohol, if you exercise, how are you doing on all those pillars?", reports WalesLive.
In response, Alex said: "Well I think what drives me is the fact that we have got three young children, and I feel, for them, I need to do the best to preserve myself. Mum and dad have always been healthy, growing up we've always eaten a balanced diet, but more so, Charlie and I are focused on that.
"He also wasn't very well last year," Alex continued before Gabby asked: "How is he now?"
"He's good, yes," Alex replied. "He's in a way better place now to where we were a year ago but diet has played a huge part in that. We always eat relatively well but he's quite into nutrition."
Gabby then followed up by asking: "So what things did he want to change then about his diet that the family has adopted?"
Alex replied: "I think it was a way for him as well to fill his days in a sense when he wasn't feeling well.
"And he decided to take on this kind of role of, right well we've got the medication but I'm going to see what else I can do to help myself.
"He used to be a chef so cooking and food is very much something he loves and it brings him a lot of joy. I'm very lucky he cooks most meals, but I do say it's the glory job because nobody says 'you stacked that dishwasher so well,' so he does all the cooking but we eat really well.
"Lots of pulses, lots of greens, lots of vegetables, and this thing that was news to me that five to 10 a day isn't enough, it's the variety, eat the rainbow, I say it on a loop to my children", the presenter added.
She then joked: "Charlie makes all their meals, which is brilliant so they eat really well. Don't get me wrong Annie was having sugar at six months, Ted didn't even see sugar until he was three."
The Midpoint episode comes after Alex appeared on the "How To Fail With Elizabeth Day" podcast back in January. During the episode, the Ammanford born TV star explained that her family faced a "really bad period" when Charlie had both Lyme disease and viral meningitis, which impacted his mental health.
At the time, Alex said: "I thought I was losing him, not actually losing him, but I thought oh my God where is he? I can't see him, I was looking at him and thinking I'm looking and hearing somebody who is not my husband."
Alex also discussed the love of nature she shares with her husband, explaining that their favourite things to do with the family - Teddy (6), Kit (4), and Annie (1), include simple activities such as feeding the ducks, going on bike rides and visiting lavender fields.
Alex also described her other-half, who is originally from New Zealand, as a "planet warrior", explaining that is the reason they spend so much time in Wales when taking family holidays.
She said: "Because his family is in New Zealand and we have to fly there, we have to offset our carbon footprint by staying in the UK."
After gushing over Pembrokeshire, Alex said: "In the right weather, there is nowhere like the UK in general, we've got so many brilliant places. We are really spoilt."
"It's holidays that I remember growing up, so as long as we get away with it that's what we do, and I think it helps us and our own mental health. It's that, eating healthy, a bit of exercise", she added.
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