Robbie Williams reveals he once ate just one banana a day at the height of his battle with anorexia: 'It was either restrictive or over-eating, I've never had had it right'

Robbie Williams has revealed really he erstwhile lived connected 1 banana a time astatine nan tallness of his eating upset battle. 

The erstwhile Take That singer, 49, who is group merchandise a marque new Netflix documentary this period charting his rollercoaster career, has spoken retired connected his experience, and for nan first clip has said it is adjacent to opportunity he had anorexia.

His caller documentary recalls a peculiarly worrying play successful his life erstwhile he admits he utilized to eat conscionable 1 banana a day, surviving connected 90 calories. 

Speaking to The Sun astir that time, Robbie explains 'there's been an overarching eating upset that has been pinch maine each my life, it's a substance of each nan disorders.'

'I had 'bigorexia' which is reasoning you person nary muscles and nary size and anorexia. There is simply a connection that's missing though, and that's what I am. It was either restrictive aliases over-eating - I've ne'er had had it right...there is an eating upset I'm conscionable not judge which is my brand.'

Anorexia is simply a superior intelligence unwellness wherever a personification restricts their nutrient intake, which often causes them to beryllium severely underweight. Many besides workout excessively.

Some sufferers whitethorn acquisition periods of bingeing, followed by purging.  Sufferers often person a distorted position of themselves and deliberation they are larger than they really are.

The vocalist has spoken openly successful nan past astir his ongoing assemblage dysmorphia battle.

In July, nan erstwhile Take That star, who admitted he's had botox, addressed his weight loss aft fans noticed his slimmed-down physique.

He posted a drafting to his 2.7 cardinal Instagram followers, which features 2 characters, 1 saying: 'It's gone excessively far,' and different saying: 'Aw, bless you.'

As portion of nan caption, Robbie wrote: 'I could constitute a book astir self-loathing wherever my assemblage image is concerned. Like axenic self-hatred.

The ugliness of emotion ugly. I'm assemblage dysmorphic and connected apical of being dysmorphic astatine times, I tin beryllium 40+ pounds overweight.

'So you tin ideate what my mind sees. Or possibly you can't either measurement it's a f*****g disaster.

At nan infinitesimal I'm skinny... But maine being me, my mind is going, 'F*****g awesome Rob, you managed to get skinny and now your old, congrats, play clap.

'The struggle is real, nan sadness shocking. I've had it each my life. And it won't abate.'

Body dysmorphic upset (BDD), aliases assemblage dysmorphia, is simply a intelligence wellness information wherever a personification spends a batch of clip worrying astir flaws successful their appearance. These flaws are often unnoticeable to others.

People of immoderate property tin person BDD, but it is astir communal successful teenagers and young adults. It affects some men and women.

Having BDD does not mean you are vain aliases self-obsessed. It tin beryllium very upsetting and person a large effect connected your life.

Robbie has confessed successful nan past that he has an 'addictive nature' and struggles pinch his sweetener intake and eating patient foods.

The singer, who has now been sober for 20 years, revealed that he gained immense amounts of weight erstwhile he utilized to get precocious and spell nutrient shopping.

Robbie reflected connected his intelligence wellness battles successful nan latest trailer for his upcoming Netflix docu-series.

It dropped up of nan four-part show's merchandise connected November 8, which will harvester never-before-seen footage of Robbie pinch caller interviews.

Coinciding pinch nan 25th day of his solo career, nan bid will springiness an friendly look astatine his never-before-seen individual archive spanning 30 years.

In nan caller trailer he began by reflecting connected his travel and profession earlier candidly telling really things started to get difficult, resulting successful a 'nervous, intelligence breakdown successful beforehand of thousands of people'.

Robbie - who shares Teddy, 10, Charlie, eight, Coco, four, and Beau, three, pinch his woman Ayda - mused: 'It's astounding what's happened successful my life. But nan past has maine successful a headlock.

'Something has to give. You're only expected to do this astatine nan pearly gates pinch Saint Peter this looking backmost astatine your life.'

He added of being thrust into nan spotlight astatine a young age: 'When I joined Take That I was 16 it was insane. I was nan centre of nan popular civilization world.

'I felt for illustration I was giving much and much of myself distant to nan constituent wherever you don't recognise yourself immoderate more.

'Being successful nan spotlight you can't spot anybody. I was having a nervous, intelligence breakdown successful beforehand of thousands of people.

'The point that would destruct maine has besides made maine successful. Touch nan fire, push erstwhile it says propulsion and spot if I tin live. I don't cognize really easy it is for group to get to cognize me.' 

Robbie has been very unfastened astir his ongoing conflict pinch intelligence unwellness and his history of depression and anxiety. And erstwhile his fame was astatine an all-time high, nan popular prima deed his lowest point.

From 2006 to 2009, Williams battled agoraphobia. The societal worry upset near him housebound for 3 years.

He has antecedently revealed he went into rehab successful 2007 aft taking speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and 'heart-stopping' amounts of medicine drugs.