James Blunt experimented with a unique diet during his time at the University of Bristol.
The singer admitted on the “Table Manners With Jessie Ware” podcast that his brief stint with a peculiar all-meat diet was the result of a strange rivalry with his classmates.
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“On the sociology side of things there were 170 girls and only three boys, of which all the girls were vegetarian or vegans,” he explained. “So out of principle, I decided I’d become a carnivore. I just lived on mince [meat], some chicken, maybe some mayonnaise.”
The diet didn’t last long, however, as Blunt soon became “very, very unhealthy.” A trip to the doctor revealed that he had possibly contracted scurvy – a rare disease that was more common with 18th-century sailors than university students.
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“Anyway, [the doctor] said, ‘You’re really lacking in vitamin C,’ so then I took it upon myself to drink a litre of orange juice every night. And then I immediately developed acid reflux,” Blunt continued. “So as you can see … food’s not necessarily my forte.”
