Fat keeps me slim, says Nigella Lawson

 
p2 Nigella Lawson during a signing of her book Nigellissima, at Waterstones in Canary Wharf, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday October 24, 2012. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Yui Mok/PA Wire
24 October 2012
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What's the secret to a great figure at 52? Fat and water, according to Nigella.

The celebrity chef visited the Waterstones store in Canary Wharf as part of a promotional tour for Nigellissima, her new book which accompanies her BBC2 series of the same name.

Earlier in the tour, she was asked to name the "ingredients" that keep her looking good. "I'm a great believer in fat," she said. "My view is, it's a moisturiser from the inside.

"I'm also a bit of an aquaholic," she continued. "My doctor once told me I was drinking too much water, at least three litres a day.”

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