Dr Michael Mosley 'suffered' after making a huge decision before death

Dr Michael Mosley opened up on "suffering" in his last ever interview given before his death. The 67-year-old's body was found on Sunday after being reported missing by his wife on Wednesday on the Greek island of Symi.

Following his sudden death, the BBC aired the last interview Mosley conducted in a programme titled There’s Only One Michael Mosley. It aired on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 11am on Friday, where the TV doctor spoke about making a huge career decision.

In the clip, he spoke with Professor Paul Bloom for a special edition of Just One Thing, as it was recorded at the Hay Festival on May 25. Dr Mosley said that he was "obsessed" with the question on how to live a good life and had previously felt "torn in two directions" over what career path to take.

Before becoming a doctor, Michael took inspiration from his father's career as a banker. He followed a similar path before ultimately deciding that the "suffering" wasn't for him.

The health guru shared the starting blocks to his career as he said: "It’s curious that we can also be self-defeating if you like, my first degree was in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, I wanted to lead a better life. So what did I do? I became a banker.

"Not the most obvious goal but I was told it would be really hard and therefore I decided to do it because it was going to be really hard and I was likely to suffer, and I did suffer, and then I realised this is actually a really, really stupid thing to do so I went off and became a doctor instead."

As always, the doctor also touched on some of his best health tips. He admitted that he often took cold showers as he said that they "hurt" but made him "feel better afterwards".

He said: "I cannot say it is a moment of bliss, it’s normally followed by a lot of screaming, and actually what I do is I sing very loudly which my wife hates, but it gets me through it and afterwards I feel good about it.

"Despite the fact that I know I’ll feel better afterwards, it’s still every time a challenge to turn it on to full cold because I know it’s going to hurt."

Dr Mosley also shared one health tip that he confessed he often advised, but never followed himself. He said: "I’m going to confess now, I’ve been telling people to meditate, do mindfulness, but the reality is I don’t really do it.

"I mean to do it, I have long discussions with my wife about how we’re going to do it tomorrow, but then somehow we never really get around to it."

Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain will air on BBC One at 8pm.