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Man who hasn’t visited a doctor for 70 years shares his two top tips for staying healthy

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Bernard Lawes Bernard Lawes has never taken a day off sick. In fact, Bernard says the last time he went to the doctors was in 1950, aged 18, to have a fitness test for the National Service. And if there were two things Bernard would have to pick to explain his remarkable constitution it would be at least one hot meal a day and a good walk up the stairs. According to Bernard, the key to good health really is as simple as that - although it may also have something to do with the fact he has never drank alcohol or smoked. Not just any hot meal will do. The pensioner recommends “plain English food” such as chicken or beef. He also puts his good health down to climbing 110 stairs three times a week in order to wind the clock at his local church. Bernard says he has climbed the same steps each week for the past 44 years, accumulating a total of some 750,000 steps throughout his time as a volunteer. Before retiring aged 60, he used to walk four miles to and from work each day to stay in good ...