Nadiya Hussain has shared a health update, revealing she has been diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases.
The TV chef, who rose to fame after winning The Great British Bake Off in 2015, shared the news with fans via Instagram on Monday (October 7).
While Nadiya said she wouldn't go into further detail about her autoimmune diseases until she knew more about them herself, she did urge her followers to take care of themselves and their own health.
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"I cannot express enough the importance of taking care of yourself," she began. "I am the kind of person who burns the candle at both ends, takes care of everyone else's needs but my own.
"I don’t take time out for myself. I don’t really know what that means or what that feels like. Not really. And when I do take time for myself, I feel incredibly guilty."
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Nadiya continued: "But recently, mostly this year, but over the course of two years, I’ve been quite unwell. I’ve just been getting quite sick.
"And over the course of the two years, I’ve been diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases, which I’m not going to go into now.
"I will go into it in the future when I know more about it and when I have a better handle on it and when I understand it a little bit better."
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Nadiya went on to express "the importance of listening to your body" and "taking care of yourself", adding: "And like I said, I'm the worst at that. I'm not very good at it at all.
"I will only ever take care of myself when my body's in shutdown. And that's not good for you. We need to take more care of ourselves."
While Nadiya admitted that it's been "tough year" of tests and it's "not great to be sick", she also said she feels "blessed" to be here.
"And that's really what matters is that I'm here and I need to do all the things that I can to positively impact myself mentally and physically," she added. "And that's all I can really do."
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