Hi, my name is Dr. Rongen Chatterjee, medical doctor, author of the 4-pillar plan and BBC television presenter.

I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently do, but getting healthy has become far too complicated.

With this podcast, I aim to simplify it.

I'm going to be having conversations with some of the most interesting and exciting people both within,

as well as outside the health space, to hopefully inspire you, as well as empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform the way that you feel.

I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when we feel better, we live more.

I'm very excited about today's guest on the podcast.

Someone who I have been following on social media for quite some time, and it's very clear from looking at what she posts out there that her ethos and her viewpoint on health is pretty similar to mine.

It is someone who is a nutritional therapist. She is author of the Balanced Planet. It's absolutely fantastic book, a book that basically is giving you six steps to optimize your hormonal health.

And she specialises in female health, stress and digestion. It's Angelique Panagos. Angelique, welcome to the podcast.

Hi, thanks so much for having me. It's my absolute pleasure. As I say, I have been a big fan of what you are putting out there, a big fan of your book.

And actually, the things you specialize in are actually the sort of things that a lot of my followers ask me about, female health, stress, digestion.

Can you tell me how did you get into being a specialist in this area?

Absolutely. And before I say that, if I can just say that I'm a huge fan of your work as well. And I just feel that where we headed with health care at the moment is just amazing.

We've got so many new ideas coming in and we're all talking about very similar things where lifestyle is concerned.

And I think that really leads on really well into my own journey into becoming a specialist in this area. I needed to fix myself.

I am a Greek Italian girl born and bred in sunny South Africa. And that meant I had the license to eat. And I ate a lot.

I grew up with a mum that was always internatural apathy and homeopathy and nutrition. So I had this foundation of what healthy eating was.

But in my 18, 1920s, I lost my way and I partied like a rock star. I was up all night. I was then up all day. I was eating badly.

I drank a lot of alcohol and I was really stressed. And my hormones just took a turn for the worst. I was in menstrual for 90 days at a time.

I developed Hashimoto's and then which led into hyperthyroidism. I developed eating disorders and erexia bulimia, obsessive compulsive overeating.

And I just felt absolutely wiped out, terrible, irritable and continuously feeling like I had PMS. And I feel that it was that journey going through it myself that actually led me to a point where I thought, up to here and no further, I need to make changes in my own lifestyle to make a difference to my own lifestyle.

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