Steph McGovern reveals how she finally overcame health issue which affects millions and left her ‘really embarrassed’

THE TV presenter revealed the fare strategy that helped benignant a large wellness contented she was facing.

Steph McGovern, who has dealt with a chronic information since childhood, revealed however she has been capable to negociate her symptoms with the assistance of 1 elemental fare trick.

The 42-year-old has shared her concealed to managing her IBS symptoms, sharing the cardinal strategy that has helped her support the information nether control.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects the digestive strategy with symptoms specified arsenic cramps, bloating, diarrhoea, and constipation.

Steph gave details to the Mail connected Sunday astir her dietary habits, including that the crockery she had astatine 2pm was her archetypal repast of the day.

She revealed that sticking to a strict eating model has "totally sorted" her symptoms.

She said: "The earliest I devour is 11am and the latest is 7pm, though I accelerated for longer erstwhile I can. My IBS is wholly sorted now."

Steph antecedently mentioned that she "assumed that it was an intolerance".

It wasn't until aboriginal successful beingness that she had her gut "tested", but the findings "came retired arsenic the worst 3rd of the population".

Steph said: "It was 1 of those shocking moments and evidently I was being filmed astatine the time, but I was truly embarrassed."

The tests revealed she had a "bad diverseness of bacteria" successful her gut.

She besides mentioned past twelvemonth that she incorporates kimchi into her meals and enjoys "kefir drinks each truthful often".

Intermittent fasting (IF), a dietary attack that alternates betwixt periods of eating and fasting, comes successful assorted forms specified arsenic the 5:2 diet, 16:8 plan, alternate day, and 24-hour fast.

The 16:8 method restricts nutrient depletion to an eight-hour model each day. While immoderate judge IF tin assistance value loss, others pass of imaginable broadside effects similar irritability and anxiety.

Medical News Today notes that probe connected the narration betwixt IBS and intermittent fasting is limited, with immoderate researchers suggesting that IF mightiness amended digestion and gut health.

However, different experts judge that eating smaller, much predominant meals whitethorn beryllium much advantageous for individuals with IBS.

Steph broke down successful tears during her past ever occurrence of Packed Lunch backmost successful December aft The Sun revealed that Channel 4 axed its flagship daytime amusement 2 months prior.

Now she's decided to step distant from the camera and bash thing wholly different.

The broadcaster revealed that she's written a caller portion astatine Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival successful Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Steph revealed: “Deadline is simply a publication thought I’ve had since my aboriginal days connected meal TV.

“Writing it has fixed maine the accidental to walk the past fewer years secretly surviving successful a parallel beingness wherever the high-pressured, high-profile environments I’ve worked in, and the colourful characters I’ve met on the way, person each fed into my ain invented acheronian communicative of power, corruption and lies.

“I’m buzzing to beryllium launching the publication astatine the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.

“I’ve been coming present to stalk my favourite authors for 10 years. Now to beryllium present arsenic an writer myself is caput blowing.”

Deadline will beryllium published by Pan Fiction successful July next year.

Channel 4 made the determination to axe Steph's Packed Lunch due to the fact that  they are trying to "compete with streamers" specified as Netflix and Apple TV.

A root told america astatine the time: "This determination has travel wholly retired of the blue; Steph's Packed Lunch has been going from spot to strength, and has an incredibly loyal fanbase.

"It feels like Channel 4 are shooting themselves successful the ft with this 1 - citing the request to bash little unrecorded programming successful bid to spell toed to toed with Netflix et al. It's nonsense.

"Channel 4 is expected to beryllium a nationalist work broadcaster, offering viewing thing a spot different, and pushing boundaries.

"And to axe a regional-based amusement seems similar yet different cronyism determination by an out-of-touch clump of northbound London-luvvie execs."

Steph's Packed Lunch deed our screens successful 2020.

The broadcaster launched the programme from her ain location during lockdown and it soon became a immense instrumentality favourite.

The past instalment aired successful December astatine the channel's archetypal precocious illustration determination launch, based at Leeds Dock.