Former Emmerdale star Adam Thomas has revealed he has stopped taking medication for his painful athritis in favour of a stringent diet. The ex ITV soap star, 36, was diagnosed with inflammatory athritis just ahead of his appearance on Strictly Come Dancing in 2023.
He has now revealed he is only eating two things as he tries a ‘natural’ way to help his ‘draining’ symptoms. Adam shared he is now trying the carnivore diet for 90 days straight after an initial trial appeared to help.
Speaking on This Morning about the tough side effects his athritis medication has had, Adam shared: “There was a medication I was on…which is basically like a short dose of chemotherapy and as you can imagine the side effects to that were really challenging. I was just being sick and fatigued and drowsy all the time.
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“So that was challenging trying to work. It’s been a long journey but I’m starting to see the light.” Adam credited the carnivore diet with improving his painful symptoms.
He said he now only eats eggs and meat. He revealed: “Diet is main thing he’s doing now…A couple of weeks in to me trying the carnivore diet, my life changed. Genuinely my knees got a little less tighter, the swelling in my fingers went down.
“I started that just before Christmas…meat and eggs – that’s all I have now.” He added: “I decided to come off all my medication – I know it’s probably not the right thing to do, but I just wanted to do this as naturally as possible and if it doesnt work then I can go back to my medication.”
Adam also spoke about how he had been diagnosed with athritis at a young age, initially believing he just had a muscle injury. But after being left struggling to walk, the former Emmerdale star woke up one morning feeling as if he had ‘broken his wrists’, and was sent for further tests.
Blood tests eventually revealed inflammation in his joints. The Strictly Come Dancing star admitted: “That was the most challenging bit because I was in so much pain and and nobdy was really giving me any answers. So not only mentally but physically that was draining.”
He added: “It just came out of nowhere. Looking back now my dad was in quite a lot of pain and I just don’t think he ever spoke about it. But it is hereditary, that’s what worries me the most – my kids might get this one day. I’m doing everything I can to find a blueprint now so if it does happen I can pass that on.”