By Danny Gutmann
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TV personality Dr Michael Mosley’s widow has disclosed how reversing a major family choice more than a year following her husband’s devastating passing left everyone feeling “relieved”.
The television medic’s untimely death, which occurred whilst he was strolling during a holiday in Greece last year, left his wife Clare Bailey Mosley heartbroken.
The bereaved spouse had originally planned to place their house on the market and had even emptied the residence in readiness for a possible sale. Following a last-minute change of mind, she disclosed that everyone was left feeling “relieved” that she ultimately reversed her choice.
Clare told the I: “It’s been helpful to do it. I got rid of junk that should have gone years ago. It wasn’t until I said that I wasn’t doing it that everybody expressed a certain amount of relief.”
Dr Michael Mosley, who passed away aged 67, initially joining the BBC in 1985. His on-screen journey commenced in 2007 when he proposed a programme for the broadcaster called Medical Mavericks, reports the Mirror.
Unable to locate an appropriate presenter, he volunteered to front it himself.
He had emerged as one of Britain’s most recognised physicians at the time of his passing, featuring on The One Show and numerous health-focused programmes for the BBC and Channel 4.
Dr Mosley died whilst on holiday on the picturesque Greek isle of Symi. He was declared missing by his spouse after he had failed to return from a stroll.
The conditions had been exceptionally hot, even by Greek standards, and his probable cause of death was attributed to heatstroke. His body was eventually found roughly 30 minutes from where he had parted ways with his wife and companions on the day he vanished.
Clare confessed she initially struggled to consume food in the days and weeks after her husband’s passing.
She said: “In the first few days, when we didn’t know what had happened with Michael, everyone was eating feta and salad and other meals. I couldn’t eat.
“Whatever food I was given, I had to slather it with mayonnaise. That was the only way I could eat.”
Following Dr Mosley’s tragic passing, his family have been keen to carry on his valuable work through establishing The Michael Mosley Fellowship in collaboration with King’s College London. The clinical research fellowship will support advancing studies into metabolic health.
His final series, Michael Mosley: Secrets of the Superagers, aired posthumously on Channel 4 in July this year.
Michael has also been recognised for making various dietary programmes popular throughout the years.
Perhaps his most triumphant wellness programme was the 5:2 diet, which fundamentally involves people eating their usual calorie amount for five days before reducing their intake to between 500-600 calories on the other two days.
He was also a passionate advocate of the Fast 800 Diet, which was a low-carb Mediterranean eating plan incorporating intermittent fasting alongside limiting daily calories to 800.
