Countryfile’s beloved presenter Julia Bradbury shared a major health update from a medical chair. Addressing her fans on Instagram, the 55-year-old was dressed down in a jumper and jeans, with one sleeve rolled up to reveal a cannula on the inside of her arm. The mum of two explained: “I’m having a little immune-boosting IV.”

Pointing at the IV drip, Julia detailed: “We’ve got vitamin C, we’ve got minerals, we’ve got amino acids, I think that’s it.”

“I’m just going to chill, I’m going to let all the good stuff flow through me,” the TV star added before throwing her head back in full relaxation mode. According to the NHS, IV therapy is the fastest way of getting medications and fluids into the body. It works by infusing them directly into a vein through an injection or drip.

The medicated fluids are usually provided for individuals who have been involved in an accident, are not allowed to eat or drink due to antibiotics, those who have had surgery and people who are losing fluids, salts or sugars quicker than they can be replaced.

While filming for the new ITV series, Julia was overwhelmed with emotion as she reached Paradise Harbour on the western tip of Antarctica.

Speaking on the poignant moment, she reflected: “That’s when the tears started to roll down my face. After a breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy in 2021, I didn’t think I’d ever be brave enough to leave the safety of my home and family to do something like this again.

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“I was so weak physically, and so emotionally raw, that the idea of testing myself, of making this kind of TV show and being so far away from my partner and our children seemed impossible.”

The presenter, who was filming for her upcoming series, Julia Bradbury’s Wonders Of The Frozen South, told the MailOnline: “The sky was pink in the Antarctic summer, there were icebergs on the horizon and a solitary humpback whale, idling about and blowing spouts.

“I was sitting there thinking, ‘When I’m old, this is something I want to tell my grandchildren about…’ and that made me realise that I was living my second life, the one after cancer, to the full.”