Lily Allen diagnosed with heart murmur
Lily Allen Pyramid stage, Glastonbury festival 2007. Pic Andrew Kendall
Condition has made 'LDN' singer get fit
Lily Allen has explained that she was diagnosed with a heart murmur three months ago, which has led to her recent fitness regime.
The singer has dropped from a UK size 12 dress size to a size eight, and shed half-a-stone as a result of her exercise.
Allen said: “I used to love nothing more than sitting in front of the telly with two packets of Ginger Nuts and two bags of milk bottle sweets – and I'd devour the lot.
"But this heart thing has made me cut back on all that kind of crap. I now find that, because I am looking after myself, I don't feel like eating the bad stuff so much.”
Allen also told Grazia magazine: “I really want to stress that I haven't done this because I want to become some skinny minnie - I will never be like that.”
Heart murmurs can be detected by a rushing or rumbling sound from the heart.
This usually indicates abnormal passages in or around the heart or a malfunctioning or leaking valve – however, the majority of heart murmurs are relatively harmless.
The singer has dropped from a UK size 12 dress size to a size eight, and shed half-a-stone as a result of her exercise.
Allen said: “I used to love nothing more than sitting in front of the telly with two packets of Ginger Nuts and two bags of milk bottle sweets – and I'd devour the lot.
"But this heart thing has made me cut back on all that kind of crap. I now find that, because I am looking after myself, I don't feel like eating the bad stuff so much.”
Allen also told Grazia magazine: “I really want to stress that I haven't done this because I want to become some skinny minnie - I will never be like that.”
Heart murmurs can be detected by a rushing or rumbling sound from the heart.
This usually indicates abnormal passages in or around the heart or a malfunctioning or leaking valve – however, the majority of heart murmurs are relatively harmless.
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