To find Michael Mosley annoying

Oh god, just having a coffee break and put Radio 4 on. He’s bloody well on there too! 😂

YANBU. He doesn't actually have any expertise in diet but is constantly trying to sell books/fads to make money. It feels very slimy and unprofessional.

I’m in two minds here - I really like the programmes he’s made on health (he’s done lots of stuff for the BBC) and find his advice there very helpful. He’s also got these short programmes that he presents called Just One Thing, which I think give very accessible health advice that is also achievable. Also really like his focus on the importance of gut health.

I agree with PP that I don’t really like the relentless way that he flogs his books and products etc, but as PP have said, he’s also a businessman and that’s what he’s got to do to make money, I guess.

Okay I got that wrong. I always though he was a GP who did paid gigs on BBC health docs.

He's never been a GP - he got into health journalism pretty quickly after training as a psychiatrist.

I will be forever grateful to him for his 2012 program on intermittent fasting - which introduced the 5:2 method for weight loss. I was on the original, and long standing, MN thread on it.

Totally life changing for me. lost about 34lb, I have never yo-yo'd since. Nice stable weight, all the clothes in my wardrobe fit me. BMI 21 so I don't need any of his new weight loss products - but I hope they are of use to others.

I watch anything else he does with interest - I like the way he distills the latest science.

I've definitely noticed that the more mainstream he has become the more he dumbs down. An hour 'documentary/educational' programme probably has less than 5mins of useful content. His podcasts aren't so bad....but maybe coz I can't see him!

Reminds me of "Dr" Gillian McKeith a bit. She started flogging all sorts of supplement shite, including weight loss/detox cleanse sachets that cost a bomb.

There's no such thing as a detox cleanse. That's what your liver is there for!

I do see what you're saying but I do think he has made some really good scientifically sound recommendations over the years, and especially when he first came to prominence, that have helped me. He does just seem to be milking it now, though. He did an AMA on here a few years ago. I asked him why he was involved with the hateful daily mail and he didn't answer me.

I was just pondering the other day, when he popped up with the latest instalment in his diet empire, that he must have made SERIOUS £££££ in the last few years since he jumped on the intermittent fasting bandwagon. He used to be a GP that popped up on docs, and now he's a mover and shaker in the diet industry.

I can't understand why you are so hostile. If you don't warm to him, just ignore. His research and programmes are pretty interesting to lots of people.
I don't know how many books he's done because I don't read/buy any of them.

YANBU - I have no clue if he's right about stuff but everything he advocates as a way to improve my health seems to be designed to make my life miserable.

I can’t stand him. Can’t watch his tv programmes. All the crappy books and “new miracle” diets wouldn’t be such an issue if he was just the typical celebrity “diet guru” out to make money. What pisses me off is that as he’s a doctor who used to make serious programmes about health, this gives credibility to his stupid diet books.

I know what you mean, I find him a bit annoying, but agree he has made a very successful business

Can't stand him, every year he has a 'diet' to promote in the Daily Mail.

He is a businessman. Making money is what businessman do. I don’t mind him but I also understand your feelings.