By Jack Guy, NCS
(NCS) — Claire Foy has revealed that she had to vary her eating regimen after discovering out that she was housing some undesirable company.
Speaking on the “Table Manners” podcast on Wednesday, the “The Crown” star advised hosts Jessie and Lennie Ware that she had given up consuming caffeine, earlier than happening to clarify why.
“Quite a few years ago, I had parasites. Gross,” she stated.
“I kept losing weight and I didn’t know what was going on,” stated Foy, 41, who stated she thinks she picked up the parasites in Morocco, and had them for “at least five years” earlier than she came upon.
“They travel as a pair, I got told by the doctor. Gross, absolutely rank. It’s disgusting,” stated Foy, who’s greatest recognized for taking part in Queen Elizabeth II within the hit Netflix collection “The Crown,” in addition to for roles within the BBC dramas “Wolf Hall” and “A Very British Scandal.”
She then made adjustments to her eating regimen to deal with the parasites, she stated, as she “didn’t want to take really hardcore antibiotics.”
“I took all this little gross stuff, and part of that was giving up caffeine,” she stated, admitting that it wasn’t simple to take action, as somebody who used to drink “at least 15 cups of tea a day.”
Foy went on to disclose that she additionally restricts her eating regimen on account of an autoimmune situation.
“This is my big secret, I feel like I’m in ‘The Traitors’ or something, and I’m letting everyone know that I’m related to someone,” she joked.
“I don’t actually eat gluten or sugar … except when I go out for dinner.”
Foy stated that she is “very strict but I love falling off the wagon when I’m out for dinner,” including that she isn’t allergic.
“It doesn’t have an impact on me. It’s just because I have an autoimmune condition, so I should avoid anything which causes more inflammation,” she stated.
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