However, they were possibly a little perturbed when Helmsley revealed that, every single morning, she scrapes her tongue with a special scraping device.

“The first thing I do is scrape my tongue,” she told the Stylist Live crowd on Friday (10 November). “It’s an Ayurvedic practice.”

If you are not familiar with the practice, it’s worth noting that, in the Charaka Samhita (an early Ayurvedic text), it says that cleaning the tongue “removes foul smell, tastelessness… and by taking out dirt coated on the tongue, teeth and mouth brings relish immediately.”

Hemsley, as well as many of those who clean their tongue on a daily basis, cites the invigorating effects this practice has; by removing the coating and stimulating the tongue you are helping “to balance the heavy and dulling qualities of Kapha dosha in your physiology”.

Most importantly for foodies, though, “by removing this coating you improve your ability to taste your food, which makes it more satisfying”.

And, according to chopra.com, “by increasing your taste reception, not only do you eat less, you also eliminate the need to add more sugar, salt, or excessive spice to the food to make it more flavourful.”

The one surprising thing Jasmine Hemsley does every single morning