I'm Still Standing! Sir Elton John, 77, reveals DRASTIC diet change after battling a health scare which left him with limited vision in one eye
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Sir Elton John has revealed the drastic lengths he's gone to in an effort to control his blood sugar levels after battling health woes.
The I'm Still Standing singer detailed the tweak to his diet on Ruthie's Table 4 podcast, where he said it had been a 'long time' since he had eaten his favourite sweet treats.
Confirming he's given up sugar, the 77-year-old said: 'I can have an apple, I can eat a bit of melon. As long as you're sensible about it, it doesn't shoot your blood sugar up. But what I crave is chocolate and ice cream, I can't have any ice cream.'
Sir Elton, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the early 2000s, also revealed his fantasy last meal would be full of sugar-laden desserts.
He said: 'If I had a death row meal, it wouldn't contain anything except sweets, because I can't eat them now. So, I'd have ice cream, donuts, apple pie, rhubarb crumble.'
Sir Elton John has revealed that he has quit sugar in an effort to control his blood sugar levels after health woes (Pictured: Lady Ruth Rogers, Sir Elton John and husband David Furnish)
The I'm Still Standing singer detailed the drastic measure on Ruthie's Table 4 podcast where he said it had been a 'long time' since he had eaten his favourite sweet treats
The Candle In The Wind singer has suffered with various health issues over the years including knee and hip replacements, surgery for prostate cancer and most recently revealed he has limited vision in one eye following a severe eye infection.
In a post on Instagram, John said: 'Over the summer, I've been dealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me with only limited vision in one eye.
'I am healing, but it's an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye.
Last month, he said: 'To be honest with you, there's not much of me left. I don't have tonsils, adenoids or an appendix. I don't have a prostate. I don't have a right hip or a left knee or a right knee. In fact, the only thing left to me is my left hip. But I'm still here.'
It comes after the musician sparked health fears, when opened up about his mortality on an upcoming Disney documentary titled Elton John: Never Too Late.
The Rocketman musician said: 'This is the latter time of my life. I don't know how much time I have left.
'And you think about that more when you get to my age. You think about life and death. You think: Well, I just want to be where I want to be now.'
'I don't have to work after this tour. I will be working doing records and putting radio shows together, and doing other things, but travelling takes so much out of you.'
'It is very tiring. I am used to it and I am a veteran at it... but this is where you start to think about mortality.'
The singer made the diet revelations on the Ruthie's Table 4 podcast, which is hosted by Lady Ruth Rogers, the owner of The River Cafe in London
In a post on Instagram in October, Sir Elton shared: 'Over the summer, I've been dealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me with only limited vision in one eye'
Sir Elton, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the early 2000s, also revealed his fantasy last meal would be full of sugar-laden desserts
The Grammy-winner also paid a sweet tribute to his husband David Furnish and their sons Zachary and Elijah for making him 'the happiest man in the world'.
The Rocket Man icon told the audience that he's 'never felt happiness' like he's feeling now, and explained his decision to step back from live on the road.
'As you know, I decided to stop touring because I'm 77 years of age, I've done all there is to do, to play. I've succeeded. I've been there and I've done it,' he said.
'I've still got to make room because I'm still going to have music in my life.
'But the most important thing in my life are David, Zachary and Elijah, and my family and my friends. I found utopia and I'm so thrilled.'
He made the diet revelations on the Ruthie's Table 4 podcast, which is hosted by Lady Ruth Rogers, the owner of The River Cafe in London.
On it she invites a range of notable guests, including Sir Tony Blair and Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, to take a seat at the iconic restaurant and have a conversation about their memories of food.
He appeared on the show alongside his husband David Furnish, 62, who he married in 2005.
David revealed that the began dating, after he was invited by a friend to Sir Elton's house for dinner and the following day got a phone call from the singer.
David said: 'Elton called me the next morning and said 'I'm coming into London and would you want to come around and have dinner with me at my house in London?' And I said, 'that would be lovely.'
'And he said, 'we'll have a Chinese takeaway,' and I was like, oh that sounds nice I love Chinese food. So, I arrive at the house and there's four giant cardboard boxes on the kitchen counter and the table's set for two and I said, 'who else is coming? What's all this food for?'
He appeared on the podcast alongside his husband David Furnish, 62, who he married in 2005
'And it was from Mr. Chow's and Elton didn't know what I like so he ordered the entire menu.'
Sir Elton also credits his husband with a very unusual item that he enjoys collecting: table clothes.
He said: 'It was his fault. We're huge on tablecloths. And napkin rings. We were introduced to tablecloths in Venice. Jesurum, it's the most beautiful shop. And then on the island of Burano, we went to Dalla Olga which is the most incredible shop, which has tablecloths of every size.'
'I have to say that we went there and spent so much money on one weekend on tablecloths, I couldn't believe it.'
Sir Elton and David are the fathers of two sons Zachary Jackson Levon, born in 2010, and Elijah Joseph Daniel, born in 2013.
