Christy Chung on her secret to looking young: intermittent fasting, low-sugar diet and exercise help keep the 50-year-old actress fit and healthy

Actress eats during an eight-hour window, as ‘eating throughout the day will subject your digestive system to frequent work, which is not good for the stomach’

Chung says she maintains her mental state by loving her family, being grateful for what she has, and seeing friends – ‘we must never bottle up unhappy feelings’

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Christy Chung starred in the 2005 Hong Kong horror film Set Up. The actress is now 50 years old, but looks as young as she did then.

Published: 9:15am, 19 Sep 2020Updated: 5:05pm, 20 Sep 2020

Christy Chung Lai-tai looks decades younger than her 50 years. The veteran Hong Kong actress has amassed a legion of male fans thanks to her complexion, curvy body and sizzling on-screen persona – and for her recent appearance in a popular Chinese reality-television show.

The show – Older Sisters Who Brave the Winds and Waves – pits 30 women aged over 30 against each other as they vie for a place in a pop group. Though Chung was eventually eliminated, her dances in high heels and body-hugging outfits showed that age has barely touched her.

She tells the Post that the secrets to her success are maintaining a healthy diet, getting a good night’s sleep, not drinking alcohol and feeling young at heart.

“I won the Miss Chinese International Pageant [organised by Hong Kong television station TVB] at the age of 22. I was at my prettiest then. So my mental state will always be [the same as] when I was 22 years old,” Chung, who was born in Canada, says.

Chung says the secret to keeping her youthful looks is maintaining a proper diet, getting a good night’s sleep, not drinking alcohol and feeling young at heart.

Honey replaces sugar in Chung’s diet. Photo: Shutterstock