Thrive with
Lifestyle and Culinary Medicine
Hello, thank you for stopping by my website! I empower people to thrive together by optimizing their health, community, & environment to help them save precious time and valuable resources. Let’s see what we can cook up!
Hi👋🏼, I’m Dr. Colin Zhu, DO – TheChefDoc
I’m not your standard physician. Board-certified in both Family and Lifestyle Medicine, I’m also a health coach and a trained chef. Throughout my medical training, I realized no one was talking about the power of nutrition and lifestyle choices. So, I set out on a quest to gain this critical information, and along with it, gain the ability to inspire patients and empower them to spark change for themselves and others.
What is Lifestyle Medicine?
TheChefDoc uses lifestyle medicine to treat the underlying cause of illness. Take your health to the next level by focusing on these 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine.
AS SEEN ON:
“It is never too late to get empowered and start caring about our health. Let’s just take the first step.”
— Colin Zhu, DO, FACLM, DipABLM, Chef
3 Ways To Start Thriving:
Are you living your life to its fullest potential? Get a fresh perspective from TheChefDoc and discover what it means to be your true self with Thrive Medicine.
Read Thrive Medicine Book
Connect for telecoaching
TheChefDoc has several virtual options for personalized, lifestyle, and plant-based offerings to choose from – all from the comfort of your very own home!
Empowered Kitchen Cookbook
100 plant-based recipes and tips from doctors, chefs, and farmers to help you eat with purpose. Prevent chronic disease and nourish your body with every bite. Feel better—and help the planet, too.
Dr. Zhu is also an international speaker.
Looking for an expert for your next Lifestyle Medicine event or corporate wellness retreat? As an ongoing student of evidence-based medicine and the culinary arts, Dr. Zhu is an outstanding resource who shares his diverse set of skills with audiences around the world.
“Colin, you are such a pro in the kitchen. Watching you prepare food is like watching Michael Jordan play basketball. Thanks for the privilege of observing you. You, your medical knowledge, communication skills, and cooking prowess, combined with your sweet, healing nature, make you a gift to us all.”
- Dr. Michael Klaper
LATEST PRESS FEATURES:
WE’RE IN A MUSIC VIDEO!!! 😱
HERE AT THECHEFDOC, WE ARE ALWAYS CREATING DIFFERENT WAYS TO SPREAD HEALTHY LIVING AND LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IN FUN AND ENGAGING WAYS! PERFORMED/WRITTEN/PRODUCED BY ENERGY STEVE⚡️
We are proud endorsers of the Plant Based Treaty!
There is a climate, ocean, biodiversity, and animal crisis, but the solutions are right before our eyes. We need to phase out fossil fuels and transition to a plant-based diet.
There is a code red climate emergency, and we must take immediate action to avert catastrophe.
EAT-Lancet Commission 2025 Update:
Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the
planet and save millions of lives.
Healthy people. Healthy planet.
The 2025 EAT‑Lancet report updates the Planetary Health Diet, showing how plant‑rich, equitable food systems can save lives and protect our planet.
Recipes, tips, videos, the latest research in lifestyle medicine, culinary education, and plant-based nutrition to live a thriving life!
Inside this exclusive Club Membership, you’ll learn the 6 Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine — the evidence-based core habits proven to prevent, treat, and sometimes even reverse chronic lifestyle-related conditions.