The 46-year-old decided to become a "carnivore" out of principle - and ate just mince and chicken for eight weeks. But he said he was eventually diagnosed with scurvy due to a lack of vitamin C - with symptoms including weakness, fatigue and soreness in his arms and legs.The condition is normally associated with 18th century sailors and pirates.James, whose hits include You're Beautiful, said his ordeal came while studying aerospace manufacturing engineering and sociology at University of Bristol.He said: "I wasn't in halls, I went straight into a flat - three boys in a tiny little L-shaped flat."It had one bedroom and a sitting room - so two boys were in this L shaped room with a mirror in the corner."So you couldn't even get anyone round.
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