Kabir Bedi, India's first Supermodel, Hollywood actor, Bollywood star, Italian TV icon, and consummate ladies' man, has a rather full plate!

Food or women - what's your weakness?
Ha, ha! Let's just say I have
a good appetite!

You consider yourself a foodie?
I eat well. But unlike most people I don't think the eating out gets you. It's the eating in that's crucial. If you're strict with your diet at home, you can indulge when you go out.

Your food philosophy?
I spend a lot of time in Italy on work, and subscribe to the adage: When in Rome do as the Romans do. So, unlike other Indians, I don't go running around looking for Indian food - except very occasionally!

Any dos and don'ts when it comes to your eating habits?
I don't eat fruit after a meal - it makes me sleepy and is a bad digestive combination. I don't drink water before meals as it dilutes the gastric juices. I also don't like too much salt in my food and prefer not to eat fried things - except my two fried eggs every morning. I don't ever skip breakfast, although I could easily skip dinner.

Your favourite food?
Indian food. There's no cuisine in the world that matches the taste, texture and tremendous variation that Indian cuisine offers. My second favourite is Italian food, although I put on about ten kilos after a month in Italy!

Any anti-ageing potion?
Growing old sucks! But I take my vitamin supplements, exercise and look after my diet. I work at countering ageing - it can be done.

Is abstinence an option?
Oh, no! I indulge in everything! But I keep my grandmother's words in mind - a little of everything does no harm. Just a little!

What nourishes you?
My belief that most of the answers lie in nature. Looking at the complexity of the universe, there has to be an intelligence underlying it all. You could call it God.

You smoke? Isn't that politically incorrect?
My dear, I've spent a lifetime being politically incorrect!