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Singer James Blunt says he was diagnosed with scurvy “sea disease,” after following meat-based nutrition through a “principle” opposite his vegan friends.
The singer revealed that he had a carnivore for two months because he was surrounded by vegetarians.
The 46-year-old man says he ate minced meat and poultry for 8 weeks and ended up ill.
Speaking on the Table Manners podcast with Jessie Ware, he said she had nevertheless been diagnosed with scurvy, a disease that results from a lack of vitamin C.
Symptoms come with weakness, fatigue and pain in arms and legs, and are related to sailors and pirates.
The star said his ordeal extended while studying aerospace production engineering and sociology at the University of Bristol.
He said: “I wasn’t in the hallways, I went straight to an apartment – 3 kids in a small L-shaped apartment.”
‘There was a bedroom and a living room, so two children were in this L-shaped room with a mirror on the corner.
Therefore, you may not even have anyone in bed because then it was too close and you can see everything and what everyone does in your room: there is no privacy.
“In the engineering aspect [of my course], there were 170 men and 3 girls.
And then, in the sociological aspect of things, there were 170 women and 3 children, all vegetarian or vegan.
So, as a matter of principle, I thought I’d become a carnivore and I was just living on floor meat, chicken, maybe mayonnaise.
And it took me six to eight weeks to be in very poor physical condition and see a doctor, who then said, “I have the symptoms of scurvy.”
He said you lacked vitamin C, so I took the initiative to drink orange juice every night, then I almost developed an acid reflux. ”
He also revealed that three members of his band had married other people at the concert.
He said: “Three of the members of my organization have other people married to the public. Unbelievable, is it amazing?”
Two from Perth, Australia from two other tours and one from Copenhagen.
The Woman from Copenhagen learned that she was being taken to a James Bond premiere and was visibly devastated when she saw the sign that James Blunt was saying.
”She’s gone and the rest is history. ”