United Kingdom, Nov. 14 -- Nikki Reed has taken aim at the "crazy" wellness industry for "capitalizing on people's hope".

The Twilight star, 37, has spent years battling a mystery medical condition and she turned to wellness brands when she struggled to get a diagnosis from her doctors but Nikki is adamant she was sold products that "weren't working".

During an appearance on Taylor Lautner's The Squeeze podcast, she explained: "The placebo effect is real, but it doesn't work on me.

"I had spent so much time exploring a lot of this and the world of wellness and supplements. I won't bore you with it, but I ended up in this crazy health scare that spanned years and years.

"I was seeing, as you can imagine, great doctors because I'm an in...