A teary-eyed Nadiya Hussain revealed she was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases in an emotional Instagram. video on Mondays.
He Great British Bake Off The star, 39, who won the series in 2015, shared his shocking health diagnosis after two years of being in and out of hospital.
While Nadiya didn’t go into many details, the baker warned fans to listen to their bodies and push for a diagnosis if they feel something is wrong.
Autoimmune diseases are caused by antibodies that mistakenly attack healthy tissues and organs in the body.
Nadiya said: ‘I can’t express enough the importance of looking after yourself. I’m the kind of person who lights the candle at both ends, takes care of everyone’s needs but my own.
A teary-eyed Nadiya Hussain, 39, revealed she was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases in an emotional Instagram video on Monday.
The Great British Bake Off star, who won the series in 2015, shared her shocking health diagnosis after two years of being in and out of hospital.
‘I don’t take time for myself. I really don’t know what that means or how it feels. Not precisely. And when I take time for myself, I feel incredibly guilty.”
He added: “But recently, especially this year, but over the course of two years, I’ve been pretty bad.” I’ve been getting quite sick.
‘And over the course of two years, I was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases, which I’m not going to talk about now.
‘I’ll get into it in the future when I know more about it, when I handle it better and when I understand it a little better.
‘But until then, how can I not express, how can I not express the importance of listening to your body, of taking care of yourself.
And like I said, I’m the worst at it. I’m not very good at it at all. I will only take care of myself when my body is off. And that’s not good for you. We need to take care of ourselves more.”
She continued: ‘So, yeah, I just wanted to come here. And it’s been a really difficult year because of all the testing and trying to figure things out and understand things.
“But I feel like it’s really important to come out on the other side and be really grateful and feel blessed because even though it would be great not to be sick, I’m here.”
‘And that’s really what matters: I’m here and I need to do everything I can to positively impact myself mentally and physically. And that’s all I can really do.
While Nadiya didn’t go into many details, the baker warned fans to listen to their bodies and push for a diagnosis if they feel something is wrong.
Last month, Nadiya revealed she hadn’t watched the show that launched her career, The Great British Bake Off, in five years.
Thanks to Nadiya’s success on the show, she was able to host her own cooking shows, write best-selling books and bake the late Queen’s 90th birthday cake.
“But I think it’s very important that my takeaway from all of this, as I always have, is to listen to your body.”
Last month, Nadiya revealed she hadn’t watched the show that launched her career, The Great British Bake Off, in five years.
In the Great British Bake Off, 12 amateur bakers battle for two months under a marquee and in the presence of professional bakers.
Thanks to Nadiya’s success on the show, she was able to host her own cooking shows, write best-selling books and bake the late Queen’s 90th birthday cake.
But, as he told Heat magazine in September: “I don’t watch Bake Off.”
‘I stopped watching it about five years ago because it’s changed so much since I started it. “It’s a different show now, but I love that Alison Hammond is the presenter.”
When Nadiya won in 2015, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were the hosts and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood were the judges.
Just two years later, the entire core cast had been replaced, except for Paul Hollywood.
In 2017, Mel and Sue departed and were replaced by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig and Mary was replaced by Prue Leith.
Since then, the judging team has remained the same, but the presenting team has changed twice more: Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas from 2020 to 2022 and now Noel and Alison.