Jeremy Clarkson has revealed the unlikely snack helping with his weight loss after quitting Ozempic . The Clarkson’s Farm star, who is “determined not to die” after undergoing major heart surgery last year , stating that he is “determined not to die”, has opened about his lifestyle changes as he attempts to slim down. Clarkson said he used Ozempic, the drug that was licenced to treat diabetes but has been co-opted by people as a quick fix for weight loss.

However, Ozempic didn’t work for Clarkson, who wrote in his Sunday Times column that he actually ended up half a stone heavier after using it. “My body lost the ability to deal with gluttony but once the initial enthusiasm had worn off, my mind still wanted to breakfast on Cadbury Fruit & Nut,” he said. “This meant I was sick a lot.

And after I had vomited, I figured I was empty and could have another bottle and maybe another bar of chocolate too.” Instead, Clarkson turned to a food item that he “discovered” that has helped him get trimmer: snail caviar. He wrote: “It is.

.. actually unborn snails.

But weirdly it does taste and feel like the real deal. So you can pop a teaspoon of that onto half a Ritz cracker and you have yourself the 21st century’s answer to a medieval banquet.” Snail caviar is the fresh or processed eggs of land snails, and is luxury gourmet speciality produced in Austria, Czechia, France and Poland.

Clarkson previously revealed that he had been encouraged to make positive lif.