Dr. Colin Zhu is Board-Certified in Family Practice & Lifestyle Medicine. Driven by his passion for the intersection of medicine, food, and nutrition, he trained as a chef and health coach at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health & Culinary Arts and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. In 2017, he launched TheChefDoc, an online wellness and lifestyle education platform. Dr. Zhu is an international speaker, the author of "Thrive Medicine: How To Cultivate Your Desires and Elevate Your Life,“ and the host of Thrive Bites Podcast in which he interviews health and wellness experts. He also created The THR5 Formula™, a self-educational masterclass series on how to THRIVE, with its 5 To THR5™ Pillars: Food As Medicine, Functional Fitness, Relationships, Community, & Emotional Resilience. Currently based in Southern California, he sees patients via his virtual lifestyle medical practice, TheChefDoc Lifestyle Medicine, and his new TheChefDoc App offers to coach individuals worldwide.


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I’ve always believed that medicine is more than a prescription.

It’s presence. It’s listening. It’s showing up, especially when things fall apart. That’s why I said yes to this.
I’m raising funds to support this mission, and if it speaks to you, I’d love for you to be part of it. Every contribution, message, and share reminds me that this mission is bigger than one person. You’re part of something that’s bringing healing to a community in need.

In just a few weeks, I’ll be on the ground in Roatán, helping deliver care where it’s needed most. And it’s because of you.

If you haven’t had the chance yet, there’s still time to support before I go:
👉 www.p4gh.org → Click “Donate” + write “Dr. Colin Zhu – Roatán

Let’s keep going. Together. 💙

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"We need to overcome our innate biases against recognizing that there is going to be shared suffering. The best way to prevent those worst cases of suffering is to overcome our inability to see the future and to start acting now.” - Sweta Chakraborty, PhD

🌱 Empowered Kitchen isn’t just a cookbook—it’s a movement toward healthier people and a healthier planet. Featuring 100+ plant-forward recipes crafted by experts—including physicians, chefs, dietitians, and farmers like Bob Jones Jr.—this book is designed to nourish your body while making a positive impact on the world.

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"When you’re changing your eating habits stick with one source—whether it be a single cookbook, or a single blogger, or a single website—because cookbooks or recipe authors tend to use the same-ish types of ingredients over and over again.” - CHEF CARYN DUGAN

🌱 Empowered Kitchen isn’t just a cookbook—it’s a movement toward healthier people and a healthier planet. Featuring 100+ plant-forward recipes crafted by experts—including physicians, chefs, dietitians, and farmers—this book is designed to nourish your body while making a positive impact on the world.

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Meet the Experts Behind Empowered Kitchen!

We’re beyond excited to introduce Kristi Artz, MD, DipABLM one of the brilliant contributors bringing her expertise, passion, and delicious recipes to this transformative cookbook! 🎉

Kristi Artz, MD, DipABLM is board-certified in Emergency Medicine, an Intensivist of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, and a Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist through Health Meets Food. She is the Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine at Corewell Health, formerly Spectrum Health. She has implemented food as medicine programs focused on diet-related disease prevention and reversal within a large integrated health system where she founded a medical specialty practice in Lifestyle Medicine.

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“Since making the switch to plant-based diet, my mission in medicine has evolved. I now tell my story to patients and educate them about the power of plants, and many have improved their blood sugar and cholesterol levels by eating this way. “ - Melissa Mondala, MD, MHA, LM Intensivist

🌱 Empowered Kitchen isn’t just a cookbook—it’s a movement toward healthier people and a healthier planet. Featuring 100+ plant-forward recipes crafted by experts—including physicians, chefs, dietitians, and farmers like Bob Jones Jr.—this book is designed to nourish your body while making a positive impact on the world.

Be one of the FIRST to get your hands on it before it’s officially out.

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Meet the Experts Behind Empowered Kitchen!

We’re beyond excited to introduce 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐌𝐃 (@drjuliacooks), one of the brilliant contributors bringing her expertise, passion, and delicious recipes to this transformative cookbook! 🎉

Dr. Julia Nordgren is a physician and trained chef dedicated to making healthy eating a daily habit. After treating patients with cholesterol disorders and childhood obesity, she pursued culinary training at the Culinary Institute of America, graduating with honors. Now based in California, she combines her medical expertise and passion for food to help families make lasting lifestyle changes as an attending physician at the Stanford Weight Clinic.

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"Let's focus on the quality of your foods instead of the quantity of your food, and that way, you don't have to feel restricted all the time. We can distribute your plate with different portions of vegetables.” - Melanie Cano, MD

🌱 Empowered Kitchen isn’t just a cookbook—it’s a movement toward healthier people and a healthier planet. Featuring 100+ plant-forward recipes crafted by experts—including physicians, chefs, dietitians, and farmers like Bob Jones Jr.—this book is designed to nourish your body while making a positive impact on the world.

🔥 Join the movement! Our crowdfunding campaign runs from March 1-31 only!

🔗 Secure your spot now: publishizer.com/empowered-kitchen/

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰!🌱
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TheChefDoc

Meet the Experts Behind Empowered Kitchen! 🌱

We’re thrilled to introduce Dr. Jasmol J. Sardana DO FACLM one of the incredible contributors bringing their expertise, passion, and unique recipes to this game-changing cookbook! 🎉

Dr. Jasmol Sardana, a board-certified internal and lifestyle medicine physician, is passionate about lifestyle and culinary medicine and community service. Volunteering with Washington, DC’s homeless communities as a child showed her the impact of nutrition on marginalized groups. Dr. Sardana approaches patients as whole individuals, rather than merely a set of diagnoses or symptoms. Specializing in behavior change-focused, individualized medical care, excels in preventing and managing chronic lifestyle-related diseases such as prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, overweight, obesity, and hypertension.

Beyond the clinical setting, Dr. Sardana actively engages in community outreach programs, workshops, and initiatives aimed at promoting health literacy, behavior change, and health equity. By raising awareness about lifestyle medicine and preventive care, she strives to create healthier communities.

This is exactly what Empowered Kitchen is all about—showing how every meal is an opportunity to nourish our bodies and protect the planet. 🌍💚 We’re on a mission to reach 1,000 pre-orders, and every supporter brings us closer to making this vision a reality!

⏳ The crowdfunding campaign runs from March 1-31 ONLY!

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6 months ago | [YT] | 0

TheChefDoc

The best advice I tell my patients is that learning how to cook is a vital survival skill because every meal you prepare either nourishes your health or fuels disease.” - Dr. Colin Zhu 👨‍⚕️

This is exactly what Empowered Kitchen is all about—showing how every meal is an opportunity to nourish our bodies and protect the planet. 🌍💚 We’re on a mission to reach 1,000 pre-orders, and every supporter brings us closer to making this vision a reality!

🚨 The crowdfunding campaign runs from March 1-31 ONLY! 🚨

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6 months ago | [YT] | 4

TheChefDoc

🌱 Meet the brilliant minds behind Empowered Kitchen! 🌎✨

It’s a collaboration of plant-forward experts—doctors, chefs, dietitians, and farmers—coming together with one powerful mission:

✅ To help you take control of your health.
✅ To fight the rise of chronic lifestyle diseases.
✅ To protect the planet through better food choices.

With 100 plant-based recipes and expert-backed strategies, this book is your guide to nourishing your body while making a real impact on the world.

But we can’t do it alone.

This is a crowdfunded movement, and your support matters. When you pre-order, you’re not just getting a cookbook—you’re joining a community that believes food is medicine and that sustainable eating can create a better future.

🎁 And there’s more! Pre-order now and get exclusive bonuses as a thank-you for being an early supporter!

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