Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall reveals health nightmare
Rothenberg, Debra, L./Debra L. Rothenberg/Ad hoc “I’m not fully in excellent health yet but it’s not as terrible as it was,” says Mick Hucknall. He has one of the most recognizable faces in pop.
But Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall has revealed his shape problems which made him bloated, distended and permanently exhausted, reports the Mirror.
The 54-year-ancient has revealed he suffers from hypothyroidism, a shape up which also left him depressed.
“I’m not fully in excellent health yet but it’s not as terrible as it was,” he said.
“It was undiagnosed for years and the specialist I saw told me I’d probably had it since 1993. I had no thought.
“I was never really overweight. That was the weird thing about it. I’d feel and look all distended but if I went on the scales I never weighed more than 12 stone.
James Vellicott/James Vellicott Mick Hucknall has revealed that he had a thyroid shape up that went undiagnosed for years. 
Eliseo Fernandez/REUTERS Mick Hucknall, lead singer of Simply Red, performs during the 50th Global Song Festival in Chile.
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“I was getting more and more bloated and would wake up so confused, thinking ‘Did I eat a lot last night or something?’.”
After consulting a specialist, he has gone on a diet which cuts out caffeine and certain vegetables, including cabbage.
Simply Red have sold over 60 million records and US number ones include “Holding Back the Years” and “Money’s Too Tight To Mention”.
They are about to embark on a European tour.
