Amy Winehouse 'gorges' on sweets

Amy Winehouse has been "gorging" on sweets as she battles her addictions to crack cocaine and cigarettes, according to a report.

Sources suggest that the troubled singer has put on a stone in weight after deciding to make changes to her lifestyle in recent weeks.

"She's replaced the fags with traditional pick 'n' mix, installing a £5,000 fairground sweetshop in her pad," one friend told The Mirror. "It's got a pink candyfloss maker, a Slush Puppy machine and even an old-fashioned sweet shop counter complete with big jars of hardboiled sweets and liquorice."

The insider added: "She's been gorging herself on candy but we'd rather she was overdosing on sugary cola bottles than crack cocaine. Amy's put on around a stone in weight and is now a much healthier eight stone. She's still very slender - just not worryingly skeletal."

Winehouse checked out of hospital earlier this week after undergoing tests following a recent lung infection.