Sue Cleavers' unbelievable three-stone transformation as Corrie fans brand her 'unrecognisable'
18.07.2023 - 17:49
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Sue Cleaver stunned fans as she returned to long-running soap Coronation Street after her unbelievable body transformation. The I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! star has shed almost three stone and changed her lifestyle over recent years, reports the Mirror.
Mum-of-one Sue made a cameo on Corrie at the beginning of the week, with Corrie diehards left amazed by her character Eileen Grimshaw's new look. On Sue's return to the ITV soap, one fan wrote: "Crikey I didn’t recognise Eileen for a second there! You look great @Sue_Cleaver."
Sue - who has starred as Eileen since 2000 - has shed dress sizes since first appearing on viewers' screens after she was diagnosed with diabetes. Her diagnosis first became public knowledge in 2011, after the soap star recieved hospital treatment after she collapsed on set.
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The NHS reports that diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person's blood sugar level to become too high. There are two main types of the chronic health condition. Type 2 diabetes - which makes up 90 per cent of UK cases, including Sue's - is when the sufferer's body cannot produce enough insulin.
Following the health scare, Sue set out on a health journey and transformed her diet - going from a size 16 to a 12 in 2019. The soap star is said to have stuck to a Mediterranean diet, which is high in vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, beans, cereals, grains, fish and unsaturated fats such as olive oil and usually includes a low intake of meat and dairy foods.
Discussing Sue's weight loss previously, a source told Woman magazine: "Sue was always a self-confessed foodie, who admitted that over-indulgence was her Achilles Heel. Now