Gary Barlow shares worry for wife Dawn’s health as she’s forced to make big change
Take That’s Gary Barlow has opened up about how his wife Dawn Andrews’ diabetes diagnosis forced the family to rethink their diet, and led to a love of spices.
Gary Barlow has come clean about his family’s dietary transformation following his wife Dawn Andrews’ diabetes diagnosis.
The couple, who tied the knot in 2000 and are parents to Daniel, 24, Emily, 22, and Daisy, 15, faced a nutritional revamp when Dawn was diagnosed with diabetes a dozen years ago.
This revelation forced ex-Take That star Gary to ponder how to infuse their meals with flavour sans the Italian staples that were his go-to, due to the carb-heavy pasta exacerbating his wife’s health condition.
Detailing her battle on Jessie and Lennie Wares Table Manners podcast, Gary divulged, “When Dawn first got diabetes it took me ages, I was talking to so many people and we have a lot more information now than we did then 12 years ago, but I was like, ‘how the hell do I get flavour into food?'”
He then shared the eureka moment that changed their culinary life, “And I slowly realised, and you’re going to laugh at this, but it took me ages – spices – that’s how we get flavour out of food.”
Ever since, the Barlow household has embraced fragrant dishes such as dahl, often accompanied by naan bread and sometimes chicken, though Gary cheekily admits hes less than thrilled with the lacklustre gluten-free pasta options for Dawn, reports Gloucestershire Live.
He expanded, “She doesn’t eat pasta unless it’s gluten free but half of them, now, we’ve found that most of the gluten free stuff is worse for you than the stuff with gluten in. I’ve often found taking out the sugar means, ‘we’ve put a load of c*** in’.”
Diabetes UK highlights that those with diabetes may steer clear of pasta due to its potential to trigger a spike in blood glucose levels, with freshly prepared pasta being particularly culpable for significant glucose spikes.
Gary reminisced about his budding relationship with Dawn as he recounted to Jessie and Lennie: “We were in Manchester, and we’d been to a club, and we’re all piled in this van on the way home.”
Nestled in the back of a van after a night out in Manchester, Gary disclosed, “We were in the very back of this van, and we were sitting right next to each other, had my arm around her and I just thought, this is it kids, I’m going in.”
