Dr. Louise Newson

And like, yes, I take hormones myself, but actually if I didn't exercise, if I didn't eat well, like the hormones are good, right?

But they're not that good.

And that sometimes is forgotten because for me, it's basic bread and butter.

Well, same bread and butter, I don't eat bread, but you know.

But for a lot of people, the basics has gone, but not just patients, I think for doctors as well.

And, you know, you're healthy, you look after yourself.

There's lots of our colleagues that don't or they don't see it as a priority.

And even my husband this morning was telling me how many chocolates there are, lots of chocolates on the wards.

And he just looks at the back, looks at the labels and said to the nurses, do you really want all of this in your body?

And he knows the nurses very well.

So it's fine.

And they know what he's like.

But he said, I kid you not, Louise, it's taken me about seven years for them to understand there are different types of chocolate and there are different types of food.

And you know what it's like in a hospital.

It's impossible to get really nutritious food if you're doing long shifts.

But their understanding, because they've had Paul in their ear for ages.

But it can take a while.

And I do feel we have a duty as healthcare professionals to educate, but give people choice, you know.

And I think that's the other thing that's often misinterpreted is choice.

You know, I actually, if you were my patients, I actually wouldn't care if you smoked or not.