“Those are the big things in my life. Now, I say that the small things are the big things.”
Four years after she underwent a mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction, had some lymph nodes removed, and had chemotherapy, Bradbury says she’s “really well, and taking good care of myself,” and is looking forward to next year which will be five years after her diagnosis.“The magic number is five, isn’t it? If you survive past five years, then statistically, you’re a survivor of cancer.” She says she still has check-ups, and does very robust self-checking, but stresses:“It really made an enormous impact on my life – but I can’t say it was all negative. For me, it’s been a bit of a wake-up call.” She says she doesn’t eat junk food any more, pointing out that previously she “ate enough junk food to last a lifetime.” She also avoids ultra-processed foods and sweets, which she admits is “really hard in the television industry, because people tend to fuel themselves on bags of [sweets].” In addition, she says:“I didn’t take care of my sleep, I was drinking too much, in my opinion, and I was eating too much sugar. “Excess sugar causes all sorts of problems on a cellular level for us, and also damages the liver.And if your liver isn’t functioning properly, you’re not excreting the toxins you need to. So I really wasn’t giving myself the best chance by hammering my liver with loads of sugar, and alcohol as well. “What about beauty stuff, and make-up? You look at it and you go ‘how many toxins is my body dealing with every day, and am I supporting my liver in the best possible way to help it try and eliminate those toxins?’ “And if you’re not, because you’re not moving, and you’re indulging in too many of the other things that are clogging you up, then from my point of view I think your body’s going to get into trouble.” Julia Bradbury is fronting the new Free to Breathe campaign from organic skin care brand Green People to educate people on ways to prevent heat rash this summer.
Bradbury, who lives with her property developer husband Gerard Cunningham and their children in London, is also extremely mindful about what she puts in her body through the food she eats, and on her body in terms of creams and cosmetics. And she’s become an ambassador for the organic skincare brand Green People and its new Free to Breathe campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the link between pore- clogging sun creams and the development of heat rash.This comes after research undertaken by Green People found 59% of Brits have experienced heat rash, with 64% of regular sufferers having avoided using sun cream altogether due to fearing they’d trigger a heat rash. “Green People and I are very aligned in terms of using sunscreens for protection without a lot of nasty ingredients in there,” says Bradbury, who explains that being more careful about things like suncream is all part of trying to become more healthy since she found out she had cancer. “It was a real shock, of course it was, to get a cancer diagnosis, but it also made me re-evaluate my health entirely,” she says.“I thought I was quite healthy and, for example, I don’t struggle with my weight and that meant in some instances I was the person that could always eat the sugar. But I didn’t fully understand what was going on in the inside – I’ve had issues like endometriosis and other things, and really, cancer made me do a 360 of my health and start to lead a healthier life across the board, from the way I exercise to the way I eat.” She admits her cancer diagnosis in 2021 was “completely terrifying,” saying:“I don’t think there’d be anybody who’s heard the words ‘you’ve got cancer’ who wouldn’t immediately be terrified. It’s a frightening sentence to be on the receiving end of, but I very quickly became the journalist on myself, and started examining myself as a story, if you like, and examining and researching cancer and treatment.”
Fleet, Hampshire Guide: £680,000
Located in a cul de sac location in the highly desirable Blue Triangle area of Fleet, this well presented detached family home is situated close to Fleet mainline station and Fleet town centre and offers a 28ft kitchen/breakfast room, separate utility, 4 bedrooms and a thoughtfully landscaped southerly facing rear garden. EPC D (62) - Telephone 01252 620640
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