43. Colin Zhu, DO: How to Thrive and Elevate Your Life with Culinary Medicine

<p><strong>Dr. Colin Zhu is&nbsp;Board-Certified&nbsp;in family&nbsp;practice/OMT&nbsp;and lifestyle medicine. Passionate about the intersection of medicine, food, and nutrition, Dr. Zhu trained as a chef and a&nbsp;health coach&nbsp;at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health &amp; Culinary Arts and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition following completion of his medical degree. To share his&nbsp;unique blend of&nbsp;medical knowledge with a wider audience, Dr. Zhu launched&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.chefdoczhu.com/"><strong>TheChefDoc</strong></a> <strong>in 2017, an online wellness and lifestyle education platform which has been featured in&nbsp;several publications. Dr. Zhu is an international speaker, the author of&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.chefdoczhu.com/my-book"><strong>"Thrive Medicine: How To Cultivate Your Desires and Elevate Your Life,“</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;and is the podcast host of&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChefDoc"><strong>Thrive Bites</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;in which he interviews the latest health and wellness experts about incorporating a plant-powered lifestyle, enhancing emotional wellness, and creating a thriving mindset! His latest venture is his signature event for 2021 is a self-educational masterclass series experience called&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.thethr5formula.co/"><strong>The THR5 Formula™</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;where he combines inspiration, education, and practical tools on how to THRIVE! Here you will learn the 5 To THR5</strong>™<strong>&nbsp;Pillars: Food As Medicine, Functional Fitness, Relationships, Community, &amp; Emotional Resilience!</strong></p>