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<\/p>\nMatch of the Day host Gary Lineker revealed he\u2019s on the same strict diet plan as Coldplay lead man Chris Martin.<\/p>\n
Lineker, 62, remains in top shape despite retiring from professional football in 1994. England\u2019s fourth all-time top goalscorer shot to fame for his goalscoring ability but his persona off the pitch has seen him anchor the BBC\u2019s flagship football show since 1999.<\/p>\n
Following a near 20-year professional career that saw him score 48 goals in 80 England caps and play for his boyhood club Leicester City as well as Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur before seeing out his playing days in Japan with Nagoya Grampus. Lineker replaced Des Lynham as the host of MOTD and currently pockets \u00a31.35million-a-year in the role.<\/p>\n
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And Lineker, now in his 24th year of hosting the show, still remains in brilliant shape. The much-loved presenter attributed his impressive physique to the OMAD (one meal a day) diet plan.<\/p>\n
Lineker told The Times that he\u2019s following in the Coldplay frontman\u2019s diet plans, he said: \u201cI care about the way I look. I\u2019m a bit vain.\u201d Lineker also added that he works out \u201cthree days a week with a personal trainer\u201d who sets him up with \u201ckiller sessions\u201d and he also does \u201can hour Pilates.\u201d <\/p>\n
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But despite his OMAD diet, the MOTD host admitted he still indulges in a drink, he added: \u201cI like wine, I like whisky. I never get hangovers. That\u2019s one of the luckiest things. I\u2019ll get tired the next day if I had a big one, but I don\u2019t get bad headaches or anything. I\u2019ve never had one.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Coldplay\u2019s Martin embarked on the OMAD diet after seeing Bruce Springsteen\u2019s physique, with him and Hollywood star Liz Hurley also lauding the diet. Eating the OMAD diet has been claimed to give food more time to digest which lowers inflammation, reducing the risk of depression, heart problems, cancer and autoimmune diseases.<\/p>\n
But other studies have found that it can hamper fighting infections, increase the risk of heart disease and shortens dieters\u2019 lifespan, because it\u2019s claimed that eating all your day\u2019s food in one sitting can damage cells.<\/p>\n