Robbie Williams says he was diagnosed with scurvy earlier this year

Star singer says he was diagnosed with a ‘17th-century’ disease

Robbie Williams said he has been battling mental health issues and he believes that led to him being diagnosed with a disease that you just don’t hear of many folks in the modern word getting these days.

Robbie Williams is opening up more and more to his mental health problems. The singer who repeatedly said that he had faced depression and some addictions that did not help his recovery revealed that he had been diagnosed with a disease, which in the most serious cases could even lead to death.

After stopping eating in order to lose weight, the former Take That singer suffered from a lack of nutrients.

The professor of nutritional therapy considers the singer's outing an important reminder that a one-sided diet, if continued for a long time, can expose even modern people to vitamin deficiencies.

Robbie Williams has repeatedly addressed his health problems. He has now reported to an English newspaper about a renewed depression – and apparently dramatic consequences of his malnutrition.

Robbie Williams' depression led to scurvy diagnosis: 'I’d stopped eating and I wasn’t getting nutrients'

From appetite suppressants to scurvy, singer-songwriter Robbie Williams gets real about the toll depression took on him at the start of the year.