DIET guru Michael Mosley is well known for his quest to get Britain healthy.
The TV doctor has claimed that he was able to reverse his own type-2 diabetes with his diet, and has fronted many documentaries urging the UK to change their lives by eating differently.
Who is Michael Mosley?
Dr Michael Mosley is a British TV presenter, journalist, trained doctor, and scientist.
He was born in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India, on March 22, 1957.
Mosley was sent to boarding school in England when he was a young boy as his mother, Joan, and father, Bill, lived abroad due to Bill's work as a banker.
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Michael went on to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Oxford University, before working as a banker himself for two years.
He then moved into the world medicine and studied at London's Royal Free Medical School, now part of UCL, with the aim of becoming a psychiatrist.
When he graduated as a qualified doctor, Michael decided this wasn't for him - and joined the BBC's trainee scheme, as a producer, in 1985.
He has been working as a documentary maker and award-winning science journalist ever since.
Michael has previously revealed that he shares brain traits with psychopaths and suffers from chronic insomnia.
Who is Dr Michael Mosley's wife Claire and do they have any children together?
Dr Michael Mosley has been married to GP Clare Bailey since 1987.
They met on Michel's very first day at medical school.
The couple now share four children - three sons and one daughter.
Their sons are called Dan, Alex and Jack and their daughter is called Kate.
Mosley once opened up about his daughter in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, saying: "Our daughter Kate is exactly like her mother – sociable and very likeable."
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What TV shows has Michael Mosley appeared on?
Mosley regularly features on The One Show as an in-house doctor and health specialist.
He has also appeared on shows such as The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion, Inside the Human Body, Trust Me I'm A Doctor, The Truth About Personality, Meet The Humans, and Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat?.
Mosley's documentaries have been shown on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Channel 4.
Did Michael Mosley invent the 5:2 diet?
Mosley is widely regarded as the man who made the 5:2 diet famous but he did not invent it.
Michael became interested in the diet when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and became determined to reverse it.
His own dad had sadly died aged 74 from complications stemming from diabetes.
Mosley went on the 5:2 Fast diet, where you limit yourself to just 600 calories two days-a-week (500 for women) and eat normally on the other five days.
He lost 20lbs (9kgs) and claims to have reversed his diabetes by following the plan.
What is the blood sugar diet?
In 2015 Mosley released a book titled The 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet.
The meal plan is based on a low carb Mediterranean diet and also includes some fasting.
The idea is to cut out starchy carbs, eat lots of green and coloured vegetables, plenty of protein and a moderate amount of healthy fats like olive oil.
Some dairy products, like unsweetened yoghurt, are also recommended because they help keep the dieter full for longer.
The diet is based on 10 years of research by Newcastle University and claims to "improve, even reverse, most cases of type 2 diabetes or prediabetes".
The diet has three main stages:
- BSD Fast 800: Limited to 800 calories-a-day, on the low-carb Mediterranean diet, for up to eight weeks.
- BSD 5:2: Five days of low-carb Med-style eating, and two days of 800 calorie fasting.
- BSD Way Of Life: A commitment to the low-carb Mediterranean diet, with intermittent fast days.
For those who can't fast, there's also the BSD Low Carb Med-Style plan, which involves adopting the new diet without counting calories.
