The Diet Doctors: Inside & Out (commonly referred to as Diet Doctors) is a British reality television series created by Tiger Aspect Productions in which participants have a health and diet makeover with the aim of changing their lifestyle and self esteem.
The series premiered in the UK on Five on 5 January 2006. There are three seasons to date.
The Diet Doctors: Inside & Out originally premiered in South Africa on DStv's BBC Prime channel on Monday 9 July 2007, at 19h30.
A rebroadcast of the series premiered on BBC Prime on Sunday 17 February 2008, at 20h00.
Synopsis
While we all know that our diet is directly linked to our weight, do we realise just how much our food choices affect our health?
Obese individuals suffer an increased risk of developing around 30 serious medical conditions and often the real health issues are ignored.
Enter the Diet Doctors, who for the first time combine medical and holistic approaches on not only looking good, but feeling good. And for some people, it may even be a life-saver.
Each episode looks at an individual who has a poor diet, bad lifestyle regime and whose health and appearance are suffering as a result.
Over a 12-week regime they are transformed with the help and guidance of Dr Wendy Denning and nutritionist, Vicki Edgson.
By looking at the contributor’s body in close detail Vicki and Wendy are able to ascertain the state of the person’s digestion as well as their nutritional status. They use medical tests and easy to use home test to show the internal status of the contributor’s body.
Together they also assess how their current mineral deficiencies and food intolerances can be diagnosed by looking at the surface: skin, tongue, hair, eyes and nails etc.
Having identified the problems with our contributor’s health, Vicki creates a dietary plan to help transform this person on the inside.
By cutting out certain bad foods and introducing new eating habits and supplements the contributor will have their nutritional balance brought back in to line and they will also lose weight and improve their appearance.
Exercise is also carefully monitored with a sophisticated computerized pedometer.
Together, the experts prescribe an overall improvement programme for the contributors. This show is all about how diet and nutrition has massive effects both inside and out.
At the end of the process the contributor has transformed the way they look and feel. Not only their overall health has improved but their body signals show how far they have come. They are back on track to a better lifestyle.