{"id":770334,"date":"2026-09-14T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770334\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:04:21","slug":"suranne-jones-48-started-prioritising-protein-to-feel-her-best-the-6-diet-habits-she-swears-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770334\/","title":{"rendered":"Suranne Jones, 48, started prioritising protein to feel her best \u2013 the 6 diet habits she swears by"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suranne Jones<\/a> is back on our screens with the third season of Vigil, reprising her role as intrepid detective DCI Amy Silva as she investigates a murder in the Arctic.<\/p>\n

But while DCI Silva is tackling an international crisis in Svalbard, Jones has been navigating a more (relatable) everyday question off-screen: what to eat to feel well while balancing long filming days, motherhood<\/a> and perimenopause<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 48-year-old actor has spoken about moving between vegetarianism<\/a> and veganism<\/a> before returning to meat because she felt she needed to get more protein into her diet. She has also discussed lifelong gut-health problems, bloating and sluggishness, as well as the simple meals she eats at home \u2013 from omelettes and homemade curry to salmon pasta.<\/p>\n

And despite becoming more health-conscious over the years, Jones is still very much a fan of her Northern comfort-food staples: chips, gravy, pie, crisps and the occasional chippy tea.<\/p>\n

Here are six things we know about Suranne Jones\u2019 diet. <\/p>\n

1. She started eating more protein during perimenopause <\/p>\n

Last year, while appearing on the podcast Dish, hosted by broadcaster Nick Grimshaw and Michelin-star chef Angela Hartnett, Jones explained she had only just started eating chicken again.<\/p>\n

She said she had moved between vegetarianism, veganism and eating meat before deciding she should include more protein in her diet.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I’m still fussy with it,\u2019 she said, adding that she’s \u2018been through every\u2019 phase \u2013 going vegetarian and vegan before starting to eat meat again. <\/p>\n

\u2018I should eat some protein. So anyway, now I\u2019m back on everything. Perimenopause, get that protein in,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

While Jones chose to reintroduce meat, it isn\u2019t a nutritional requirement during perimenopause. Protein can also come from eggs, dairy, fish, beans, lentils, tofu and other plant foods.<\/p>\n

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Suranne Jones at the National Television Awards. The actor has spoken about her evolving approach to food, including her experiences with gut health issues.<\/p>\n

2. Her usual breakfast is an omelette<\/p>\n

From a 2023 interview with The Telegraph, the actor revealed she tends to have eggs for breakfast \u2013 usually in the form of an omelette.<\/p>\n

Eggs are a useful source of protein, with one large egg providing roughly 6-7g, as well as all nine essential amino acids and nutrients including vitamin B12. An omelette is also a really easy way to add vegetables and cheese, or other proteins, to your diet.<\/p>\n

3. Her go-to meals include salad, soup, curry and salmon pasta<\/p>\n

Her everyday meals are relatively simple. In the 2023 interview with The Telegraph, she said she would usually have an omelette for breakfast, \u2018some kind of salad or soup\u2019 for lunch, and either a homemade curry or salmon with pasta in the evening.<\/p>\n

Of course, the exact nutritional figures depend heavily on the ingredients \u2013 a curry made with lentils, vegetables or tofu will offer something different from one made with chicken, for example \u2013 but these meals show that Jones\u2019 diet is not built around complicated recipes or restrictive rules.<\/p>\n

4. She grew up on chips and gravy<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 Northern upbringing meant the staples at home were usually \u2018based around gravy. The staples at home were chips and gravy, spag bol or a roast dinner,\u2019 she told The Telegraph.<\/p>\n

This gives us a more realistic picture of her flexible approach to food: becoming more health-conscious doesn\u2019t mean completely abandoning the comfort foods she grew up eating. Instead, they remain part of a varied diet that also includes home-cooked meals, fish, eggs, vegetables and the occasional chippy tea.<\/p>\n

5. Her diet became more structured as she got older<\/p>\n

During her early Coronation Street years, she said she ate what she wanted, went to work and then went to the pub. <\/p>\n

\u2018Slowly, you learn,\u2019 she said. \u2018I was doing photo shoots, reading health magazines, I wanted to look a certain way. I started to go swimming as everyone else at Corrie was, I joined a gym, then began having facials \u2013 all the things I hadn\u2019t done when I was younger. Then you start eating at nice restaurants, and when you move out, you figure out your own meals and what you need. You start to enjoy salads.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie attend a screening of Vigil at BFI Southbank in London<\/p>\n

6. She has spoken openly about gut-health problems<\/p>\n

Jones has also described experiencing constipation, bloating and sluggishness since childhood. In the 2023 interview with The Telegraph, she recalled her grandmother giving her a grainy product called Fibre-Gel from the age of 10 to help when she \u2018hadn\u2019t been to the toilet\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018When my gut health is sorted, my engine starts running better,\u2019 she said. \u2018I feel clearer, more focused.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jones also mentioned fermented foods such as kefir and kombucha, and said she had started taking the live-bacteria supplement Symprove three months before the interview. She reported feeling less sluggish and having more regular bowel movements.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019ve always known we don\u2019t feel well if we eat badly \u2013 now there\u2019s a language for it and doctors are talking about gut health and microbiome. Now we\u2019re being told to drink kefir or kombucha, all really helpful stuff, but there are times when you\u2019re working away, or you\u2019re tired and you just haven\u2019t done it.\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suranne Jones is back on our screens with the third season of Vigil, reprising her role as intrepid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[232213,218099,379,254336,381,102,190731,1156,6636,254335,223205,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-770334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-collection-celebrity-nutrition","tag-collection-perimenopause-and-menopause","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-4ea5e651-76b6-46d3-bc1c-6a47b812d77c","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-health","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-nutrition","tag-shorttitle-suranne-jones-protein-packed-diet","tag-sponsored-false","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}