Elle Macpherson is "basically vegan" - but loves chocolate and cream pie

She said: "I am basically vegan. That's the way I like to eat, but I do have a weakness for chocolate.

"I love an espresso and I'm pretty good with a cream pie.

"Basically, I enjoy feeling good, I enjoy getting outdoors and exercising, being in the fresh air, being with nature, being with my children.

"I eat three meals a day and I have two snacks, three snacks sometimes.

"I'm quite easy about my life because I think life is for living."

Elle overhauled her diet after turning 50 and realising she wasn't sleeping well or looking as good as she could.

She told new! magazine: "When I was 50, I wasn't feeling myself.

"I was finding it very difficult to sleep.

"My hair, nails and skin were dry and damaged.

"I was putting on weight.

"I went to a nutritionist and I said, 'Something's not right.'

"She said, 'Yeah, you're doing the same things you did when you were 20.

"When you are 50, we need to change things around.'

"She put me on a multi-vitamin and mineral probiotic, prebiotic, all-in-one greens super powder.

"It changed my life."

The WelleCo guru believes people look their best when properly "nourished".

She said: "I know it sounds like a cliché that beauty comes from within, but in my experience it really is true.

"If you nourish yourself from the inside, and you really nourish yourself on a cellular level, it's really going to show on the outside.

"You are going to feel better and you are also going to look better."