About this episode
Rangan Chatterjee is a medical doctor, best known in the UK as the star of Doctor in the House, the BBC series that helps restore people to optimal health. After two decades of practicing medicine, Dr Chatterjee is on a mission to replace pills with “lifestyle prescriptions.” He believes that people are needlessly suffering and that health care professionals should put more emphasis on preventing chronic, lifestyle-related conditions though behavioral changes. The author of The 4 Pillar Plan says the secret to a longer, healthier life lies in relaxation, sleeping, movement and a carefully chosen diet. He also acknowledges that healthy eating has become “incredibly complicated.” In this in-depth interview Dr Chatterjee explains how modern lifestyles are negatively impacting our health; why his personal longevity goal involves the ski slopes of the French Alps and the difference a ’switch-off’ routine makes to restful sleep.
Check out Dr. Chatterjee’s website here.
In the episode we cover:
- 02:50 Dr Chatterjee went to Medical School at Edinburgh University and worked there for a few years afterwards.
- 06:49 Dr Chatterjee currently works for the National Health Service in England, which he says is “crumbling.”
- 18:57 Reference BMJ article: Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn’t (Prof. David L Sackett)
- 32:09 Reference: Professor Roy Taylor at Newcastle University reversing type 2 diabetes on a 600 calorie liquid diet.
- 34:20 Dr Chatterjee’s new book is The 4 Pillar Plan
- 35:05 “I believe we all pretty much these days have the ability to feel better than we currently do.”
- 39:55 Dr Chatterjee believes that sleep is one of the most undervalued pillars of health.
- 50:03 In 2017 Dr Chatterjee hosted a conference in Guernsey with LLAMA guest James Maskell titled, Journey to 100.
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