In 2017, I took a trip to a mysterious peninsula in northern Greece where the monks who live there in solitude, fast for many hours a day and are pescatarian/vegan show remarkable longevity. That peninsula is Mount Athos.
Here I speak to Dr Pete Patitsas - a Greek-American emergency doctor who has taken their methods and turned them into a weight-loss diet. It's a fascinating chat that delves into Covid, obesity and intermittent fasting and looks at how these 1,000-year-old habits may help us live longer.