Kyle Sandilands' shocking diet confession

Most of us can appreciate the benefits of a good cup of coffee in the morning.

But Kyle Sandilands has just revealed he has a shocking addiction to the brekkie fave, admitting he drinks a staggering "30" cups a day.

KIIS FM's outspoken radio host made the eye-watering admission in an interview with News.com.au where he discussed what he typically eats and drinks in a day.

Opening up about his health scare earlier this year where he'd been rushed to hospital with chest pains, the 46-year-old explained he'd been forced to sort his lifestyle out.

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“I was almost dead last year," he told the publication. "My problem was I’d drink way too much coffee and I was drinking Coca Cola like it was water. Now I’ve swapped over to water.”

Though he's switched out the fizzy drink, he admitted he'd not been able to nip his coffee addiction in the bud and drank 12 coffees during his early morning shift on air.

His fellow host Jackie O was surprised by the whopping number but vouched for the fact he "guzzles them very quick".

Kyle - who has been dating younger girlfriend Imogen Anthony for five years - recently committed to the paleo diet in an attempt to get his weight back on track.

Though he insisted he eats a "healthy" lunch of chicken with spinach most days and rustles up a Paleo Pete recipe for dinner, he admitted his downfall was the huge amount of coffee he consumes.

Early last year Kyle admitted on The Kyle and Jackie O Show that he tipped the scales at 138kgs.

He has been trying to lose weight since.

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