DR ALEX GEORGE: If a food makes you feel bad, that's your body telling you something'

After weighing over 20st and struggling with grief and depression two and a half years ago, Dr Alex George says his ‘diet was poor’, he wasn’t exercising and was ‘consuming too much alcohol and processed foods’.

- By SARA KEENAN

The TV doctor, who was launched into the public eye appearing on Love Island in 2018, says: ‘I made a change at that time though to remove things that were harmful for me. I stopped drinking for one and then I started putting things in my body that were helpful to my health, such as having a diverse diet that included proteins, carbohydrates, nutrients and plants.

‘When I started fuelling my body like that, everything changed. That’s not to say that what you eat can fix all of your problems or that by eating certain plants your depression goes away, but as part of broader health changes, it’s powerful.’

George, who previously was an NHS A&E doctor, says when he started out at medical school, he had ‘nowhere near the level of appreciation’ he should have for the benefits of gut health on mental health.