Dr. Rangan Chatterjee
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And so I was very much trained the model where you try and diagnose a patient when they come in and give them a treatment, which is usually a pharmaceutical treatment. Now that can have value. But what a lot of people still don't realize is that if you make changes in four key areas of your life, you can have a profound impact on so many different aspects of your health.
And those four things are what I call the four pillars. Yep. Food. movement, sleep, and relaxation.
And those four things are what I call the four pillars. Yep. Food. movement, sleep, and relaxation.
And those four things are what I call the four pillars. Yep. Food. movement, sleep, and relaxation.
Mel, I've been a medical doctor for over 23 years. I've seen tens of thousands of patients and I just cannot emphasize this enough. Ask yourself, which of these four pillars do I need the most work in? Food, movement, sleep, or relaxation?
Mel, I've been a medical doctor for over 23 years. I've seen tens of thousands of patients and I just cannot emphasize this enough. Ask yourself, which of these four pillars do I need the most work in? Food, movement, sleep, or relaxation?
Mel, I've been a medical doctor for over 23 years. I've seen tens of thousands of patients and I just cannot emphasize this enough. Ask yourself, which of these four pillars do I need the most work in? Food, movement, sleep, or relaxation?
Yeah. Now, Mel, there's a key point here. Okay. So when we talk about our lifestyle, we often talk about it through the lens of prevention. Okay, yeah, yeah, you know, it's important to pay attention to our lifestyle. We want to prevent getting sick in the future. Now, I agree with that.
Yeah. Now, Mel, there's a key point here. Okay. So when we talk about our lifestyle, we often talk about it through the lens of prevention. Okay, yeah, yeah, you know, it's important to pay attention to our lifestyle. We want to prevent getting sick in the future. Now, I agree with that.
Yeah. Now, Mel, there's a key point here. Okay. So when we talk about our lifestyle, we often talk about it through the lens of prevention. Okay, yeah, yeah, you know, it's important to pay attention to our lifestyle. We want to prevent getting sick in the future. Now, I agree with that.
But what people forget or they miss or they don't understand is that lifestyle can be part of the treatment as well.
But what people forget or they miss or they don't understand is that lifestyle can be part of the treatment as well.
But what people forget or they miss or they don't understand is that lifestyle can be part of the treatment as well.
Yeah, you mentioned a few different conditions there. You even mentioned cancer, right? Yes. So let's be really clear on this. I'm not saying that it's only lifestyle. Right. You may be under an oncologist and be undergoing treatment, but even if you are, paying attention to your lifestyle is going to help you manage the process of undergoing that treatment.
Yeah, you mentioned a few different conditions there. You even mentioned cancer, right? Yes. So let's be really clear on this. I'm not saying that it's only lifestyle. Right. You may be under an oncologist and be undergoing treatment, but even if you are, paying attention to your lifestyle is going to help you manage the process of undergoing that treatment.
Yeah, you mentioned a few different conditions there. You even mentioned cancer, right? Yes. So let's be really clear on this. I'm not saying that it's only lifestyle. Right. You may be under an oncologist and be undergoing treatment, but even if you are, paying attention to your lifestyle is going to help you manage the process of undergoing that treatment.
They're 100% medicine. The problem is we're not taught to look at medicine in that way, okay? But I've been using those four pillars as medicine for many, many years. And Mel, I had the great fortune to do this on a big scale back in 2015, okay? So back in 2015... I got my own BBC One primetime series called Doctor in the House.
They're 100% medicine. The problem is we're not taught to look at medicine in that way, okay? But I've been using those four pillars as medicine for many, many years. And Mel, I had the great fortune to do this on a big scale back in 2015, okay? So back in 2015... I got my own BBC One primetime series called Doctor in the House.
They're 100% medicine. The problem is we're not taught to look at medicine in that way, okay? But I've been using those four pillars as medicine for many, many years. And Mel, I had the great fortune to do this on a big scale back in 2015, okay? So back in 2015... I got my own BBC One primetime series called Doctor in the House.
And I basically lived alongside families for four to six weeks who were sick. They were already sick. They already had a diagnosis. They were already under doctors and on medication. And in every single case, I either helped them reverse their condition or significantly improve it, using the lifestyle. So, and I'll tell you what happened. There was a lady with type 2 diabetes.