Emmerdale star Jeff Hordley has told how a simple change to his lifestyle means he is managing to keep his chronic disease in check.
The 54-year-old, best known for playing Cain Dingle in the long-running ITV soap, has spoken about living with Crohn's disease and how he manages to 'avoid any medication'.
Crohn's disease is a life-long bowel condition where parts of the digestive system becoming inflamed. Speaking in an episode of the Another Day Another Collar podcast, the show's host, Steve Mann, asked the actor if he was still an ambassador for Crohn's disease.
Jeff replied: "Crohn's; no, I'm not anymore, but I was for years because I've had Crohn's since I was 24, 25, and I've now managed to keep it under wraps because of diet. "Certainly, like you were saying about, we eat very much seasonally; we eat from our allotment, from definitely June through to now.
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