Today he is always in a good mood, tidy and a popular TV star, whether as a TV chef or "Bares for Rares" presenter. But Horst Lichter's life used to be less relaxed. He suffered two strokes and a heart attack at an early age. Now he is talking about that experience.
Even as a young man, "Bares for Rares" star and TV chef Horst Lichter just jumped off the shovel. He suffered his first stroke when he was just 26, and a second followed just two years later. He also had a heart attack, which Lichter only survived with a lot of luck.
"Stress, too much work, worries and I didn't pay attention to myself," says the 60-year-old, summarizing the triggers for his health problems at the time. "I thought, like young people usually do, this body will last forever," says Lichter.
The experiences woke him up. Since then, the TV star has lived more consciously, he has changed his life and, above all, his attitude towards it. "You have to take care of your body. Just like things that you value very much or friendships, love and marriage. You just have to take the inspections, maintenance and care seriously," Lichter draws a comparison to his beloved classic cars.
However, he has repeatedly put off the thorough examination of his heart. As part of the ZDF medical documentary "Horst Lichter: Mein Herz, mein Motor", he now trustingly places himself in the hands of heart specialists and does a check-up in the clinic.
"The heart is one of the most important organs we have. It's all about our heart," explains Lichter, why he even took part in the documentary. Since he had illnesses himself, he was "very excited to see where medicine has arrived today, what can be done and how people are treated".
In addition to lights, experts have their say in the documentation. In addition, the trained chef meets a young mother who is waiting for a donor heart, a man who has already had a transplant, a man before and after his bypass operation and a young couple who are worried about their baby with heart disease.
"The positive thinking of the patients and the incredible trust they place in the doctors. That impressed me the most," says Lichter. He himself had "become more positive overall and was trying to see the disadvantages less". His motto is: "Where it is dark, there will be light again."
