Robbie Williams had a scurvy – he confessed in an interview

Robbie Williams revealed in an interview with the British media that he was diagnosed with scurvy. The singer told about the reasons for recent health problems.

Robbie Williams gave an interview to the tabloid “Daily Mirror”. As he said, in the beginning of this year he had health problems. “The year began with problems with mental health, which I had not had for a very long time. I was sad, restless, I was depressed,” he confessed to the newspaper.

As he confessed, he was diagnosed with depression for the first time 20 years ago, but he had no problems for about a decade. “I thought I was already behind me,” he said.

Robbie Williams about a diet and lack of vitamin C

The artist began to suspect that diet could be a problem – since last year he has taken drugs that inhibited appetite. “I stopped eating and did not provide my body with nutrients,” he said in an interview with a tabloid. He dropped several kilograms, but at the same time he was diagnosed with scurvy, a disease caused by a deficiency in the body of vitamin C. “Disease of 17th -century pirates” – as he said. The star admitted that after changing the diet, depression gradually subsided.

What is a scurvy? The disease is now rare, was common among old sailors. During long journeys on sailing ships, their teeth fell, bones broke, no wounds. Natural products containing ascorbic acid, i.e. vitamin C. turned out to be an effective remedy.

51-year-old Robbie Williams In the 1990s he began his great career with the team Take That. He has been acting as a solo artist for several years – he has released 11 studio albums. In May, he starts the concert tour in Great Britain, Ireland and other European countries (a performance in Poland is also planned), which will last until the end of summer.

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