With Dr Manan Vora, orthopaedic surgeon
1 What do you eat in a day?
I am going to answer this question by saying I personally eat 1,700 calories a day with 1.6g per kg of protein. The reason I have answered like this is because everything that I put in my mouth is measured to the T on a food weighing scale and my protein is accounted for. So I would much rather answer it like this to let people know principally that this is something they should consider doing.
2 Your fitness regime?
Ninety minutes a day of strength training four days a week. One hour in the evening is either football or racket sport. And I do not sleep till my smartwatch shows I have completed 10,000 steps a day.
3 What do you do in your me time?
I am not too proud of it, but I am addicted to my phone. So, I am watching Shark Tank videos on YouTube or a suspense thriller show on Netflix. That's what I do in my me time. I am counting this as me time, apart from following the Indian cricket team or my favourite football team. But I am guilty that my me time does involve a screen.
4 One unhealthy thing that you will be never caught doing.
I have never tried alcohol, not a sip. I have never tried vaping, smoking, hookah and I don't think I would ever touch any of these. I am very proud of that.
5 One health mantra you swear by?
Constant movement. In today's day and age, because of sedentary lifestyles or people crossing a certain age, [they] think that they have to just stay in bed or sit all day, I do not agree. And the number of patients I am seeing with back and neck pain, knee issues, because they have sedentary lifestyle, is so high. So one thing I would strongly promote and advocate is just every hour, get up, move your body, challenge your body. You will be surprised how capable it is to move and be functional when you move it, and try to gain more and more muscle. So the answer is movement.