Michael Moseley 'Just One Thing' on Radio 4

He may well know what he is talking about, but I just find him smug!
He seems to have blossomed as a healthy living guru over the last couple of years, but he doesn’t inspire me!

I have to agree about the smugness, Maw*, but he does talk some sense.

Thanks for posting this. Not, necessarily for the programme in question but for reminding me about a Melvyn Bragg series that was mentioned on sounds just as I was falling asleep last night. I’d completely forgotten about it. I love BBC Sounds and always find something to listen to at night. I will listen to the Michael Moseley one though. The thing I miss most about not going to the gym and sauna is having a cold shower as the only time it’s possible to do that is when you’ve been in a hot sauna or steam room for a while and I used to feel so good afterwards.

I like him, seems quite an ordinary guy with a genuine quest to improve his own health. I now have kefir yogurt every day on my breakfast after listening to his programme about fermented foods and the 5/2 diet is still my go to when I want to lose a few kilos. I'm not keen on the cold shower idea though, I like it as hot as I can stand it! My physio suggested the standing on one leg, squats etc but I tend to forget about it. this was a few years ago so it's not something new.

I saw a programme recently where Michael Moseley was advocating cold showers. I'm sure it must be very invigorating and good for me, but so far I haven't plucked up the courage to try it. I must add that I like Michael Moseley very much. I find him down to earth and sensible.

Michael Mosley recommended taking 20ml of olive oil a day on one of his TV programmes. A few months later I was chatting with an elderly lady in a queue who looked late seventies. It turned out she was 96! She told me she had taken a tablespoon of olive oil everyday all her adult life. I was convinced.

Yes, I listened to these programmes and found them interesting.

I've recently discovered BBC Sounds and think it's wonderful.

MawBe. Total agreement with you.
I remember seeing him many years ago when he started the TV programmes about weight. He'd been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and came up with the 5:2 diet. My concern with it is that if you come off that diet, the weight is more than likely to come back on.

Over the years he's come up with so many different weight loss programmes. A few years after the 5:2 came the Fast 800.

I suppose a programme about healthy meals 24:7 wouldn't grab the interest of those wanting quick results.

I'll have a listen to the programme but cold showers - no thank you.

Yes, me too FarNorth. I drop in on BBC Sounds quite often

A freezing cold shower after a hot sauna makes your whole body tingle. I even looked at having a sauna fitted in my garage as I miss it so much. I can’t see public saunas being safe to use for the foreseeable future. My joints used to feel so much better, too.

Cold showers first thing in the morning were compulsory at school. Put me off for life.

Another fan here!
Love the trials he does backed up by science.

DM has swapped pain killers for turmeric in food down to his study & the aches I had in my hands have gone completely.

The different diet ideas he presents show there's a healthy diet option for all.
Cold showers: Filed to the back of my brain for when I might need it.

Muse I did the 5:2 diet back in 2014 when it first came out. I lost 2 stone. That was 7 years ago and I haven't put any of it back on. I do try to continue to do it one day a week with moderate success.

My problem was not so much what I ate, but how much and I now instinctively eat less and seem to have broken the link between see food - eat it. I can now see food on a plate and feel no desire to eat it, even when I am hungry.

MOnica. The one day week has helped to maintain the weight loss then.

I was talking from personal experience, knowing someone who stopped the diet altogether. A close friend did it when it came out and lost the stone she wanted. She'd also been exercising. She struggled to keep to the 5:2 diet after an injury which meant she couldn't exercise. Over the following six months she put it all back.

I think you've hit the nail on the head, so to speak with how you look at food on your plate. I hope you still enjoy the taste of food even though you've no desire to eat it.

MawBe

He may well know what he is talking about, but I just find him smug!
He seems to have blossomed as a healthy living guru over the last couple of years, but he doesn’t inspire me!

I find him irritating. He piggy backs on people who have done serious research. Mosley has never qualified as a medical doctor or scientist. He's a media "personality".

I hope there was a health warning that cold showers can be dangerous for those with high blood pressure.

It was Professor Roy Taylor from Newcastle University who first developed the 800 calorie a day diet for losing weight.

Dr Michael Mosley qualified as a doctor 25 years ago but doesn’t practice.
DH and I started the Fast 800 diet in February, I’ve lost 17lbs and DH 21lbs.

I find the title of this radio show rather annoying.

It is not just one thing - it builds up into loads of things.

And yes, I too used to like him and his quest for understanding. It felt as though he was on a journey... but now I do find him smug.

LadyGracie

Dr Michael Mosley qualified as a doctor 25 years ago but doesn’t practice.
DH and I started the Fast 800 diet in February, I’ve lost 17lbs and DH 21lbs.

Michael Mosley studied medicine, intending to become a psychiatrist.

LadyGracie

Dr Michael Mosley qualified as a doctor 25 years ago but doesn’t practice.
DH and I started the Fast 800 diet in February, I’ve lost 17lbs and DH 21lbs.

You can thank Professor Roy Strong from Newcastle University for developing the diet.

Oooops! Typo! Professor Roy Taylor.

MawBe

He may well know what he is talking about, but I just find him smug!
He seems to have blossomed as a healthy living guru over the last couple of years, but he doesn’t inspire me!

I agree with you. He doesn't look particularly healthy either.

The VanTulleken brothers are my favourite TV doctors.

I find him smug too. Mr Know-it-all.

I think a tv presenter that can produce programmes that are watched by many people and encourage people to improve their health can only be a good thing.