Thrive Bites

By Colin Zhu, DO, TheChefDoc, LLC

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Episodes: 206

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Dr. Colin Zhu is a double board-certified Family/Lifestyle medicine doctor and he interviews the latest health and wellness experts about incorporating a plant-powered lifestyle, enhancing emotional wellness, and creating a thriving mindset! Catch our new episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/TheChefDocYT

Episode Date
Ep 198 - From Nurse To Kitchen Rx Educator with Dr. Josie Bidwell
Jul 31, 2025
Ep 197 - Flavorful Plant-Based Latin & Caribbean Recipes with Coach Karla Salinari
Jul 16, 2025
Ep 196 - Redefining Healing Across Asian American Generations with Yellow Chair Collective
Jun 27, 2025
Ep 195 - How A Vegan Chef Creates Generational Health with Chef Nekia Hattley
Jun 13, 2025
Ep 194 - Breaking The Stigma Around Men's Mental Health
May 29, 2025
Ep 193 - How A Gym Founder Built A Community That Thrives with Coach Josh Graves
May 15, 2025
Ep 192 - Rethinking Food Storage To Save Food Waste
May 02, 2025
Ep 191 - The Fish-Free Omegas You Haven't Heard Of with Dr. Jeff Matheson
Apr 22, 2025
Ep 190 - Unlock The Power of Plants with Science & Cooking with Chef Caryn & Dr. Jim Loomis - Part 2
Apr 03, 2025
Ep 189 - Unlock The Power of Plants with Science & Cooking with Chef Caryn & Dr. Jim Loomis - Part 1
Mar 29, 2025
Ep 188 - How Busy Families Can Go Plant-Based with Dr. Yolanda Rivera-Caudill & Chelsea Dye
Mar 06, 2025
Ep 187 - The Hidden Truth About Gut Health with Dr. Christine Bishara
Feb 20, 2025
Ep 186 - Staying Active As You Age with Angela Fischetti | Workout Demo
Jan 28, 2025
Ep 185 - Staying Active As You Age with Angela Fischetti
Jan 13, 2025
Ep 184 - We Are Plant-Powered with Dr. Melanie Cano
Dec 09, 2024
Ep 183 - Foods That Power Weight Loss with Dr. Neal Barnard
Nov 26, 2024
Ep 182 - Could Fasting Save Your Life with Dr. Alan Goldhamer
Nov 15, 2024
Ep 181 - How I Became The Weight Loss Champion with Chuck Carroll
Nov 04, 2024
Ep 180 - How I Raced To The Olympics with Plants with Dotsie Bausch
Sep 26, 2024
Ep 179 - The Farm Bill: What It Means For Your Plate & Your Health - Part 2
Sep 04, 2024
Ep 178 - The Farm Bill: What It Means For Your Plate & Your Health - Part 1
Aug 29, 2024
Ep 177 - What Surviving A Heart Attack Taught Me About Food with Dr. Daniel Chen - Part 2
Aug 24, 2024
Ep 176 - What Surviving A Heart Attack Taught Me About Food with Dr. Daniel Chen - Part 1
Aug 12, 2024
Ep 175 - The Healing Power of Water Fasting with Dr. Csilla Veress
Jun 17, 2024
Ep 174 - Rethinking Bone Broth with Sally Malanga
May 30, 2024
Ep 173 - How Food Supports Fertility with Angela Thyer, MD
May 13, 2024
EP 172 - Breaking through Self-Doubt, Rejection, and Burnout with Carrie Severson
Apr 22, 2024
Ep 171 - Changing The Face Of Traditional Dentistry with Dr. Sanda Maldovan
Apr 08, 2024
Ep 170 - How A Dermatologist Made Plant-Based More Social with Dr. Marjon Vatanchi
Mar 25, 2024
Ep 169 - Delivering Plant-Based Homestyle Indian Cuisine with Arti Mala
Mar 11, 2024
Ep 168 - How To Refocus Our Views On Climate Change with Sweta Chakraborty, PhD
Feb 26, 2024
Ep 167 - The Future of Culinary & Lifestyle Change with Olivia Thomas, MS, RDN, LD
Feb 13, 2024
Ep 166 - What Is Regenerative & Sustainable Farming with Farmer Bob Jones
Jan 31, 2024
Ep 165 - Revolutionizing Health Care with Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Beth Frates
Jan 10, 2024
Ep 164 - Healing Leaky Gut, IBS & SIBO with Dahlia Marin, RD & James Marin, RD | Part 2
Dec 28, 2023
Ep 163 - Healing Leaky Gut, IBS & SIBO with Dahlia Marin, RD & James Marin, RD | Part 1
Dec 22, 2023
Ep 162 - All Things Vegan Baking with BReD
Nov 07, 2023
Ep 161 - Celebrating Diversity In Mental Health with Ja’ire Hattley
Oct 24, 2023
Ep 160 - Plant-Based Living In The UK with Vanessa Sturman
Oct 13, 2023
Ep 159 - Can Diabetes Go Into Remission with Dr. Mahima Gulati
Sep 21, 2023
Ep 158 - How A Veggie Chip Can Change The World with Betty Lu
Jul 10, 2023
Ep 157 - How Does Body Movement Process Oppression & Trauma with Holly Johnston
Jun 19, 2023
Ep 156 - Why You Need A Health Coach with Jessica Matthews, DBH
Jun 06, 2023
Ep 155 - What We Have Learned From Post-Pandemic Trauma with Cheri Sotelo
May 22, 2023
Ep 154 - How Lifestyle Medicine Can Benefit Planetary Health with Dr. Neha Pathak
May 10, 2023
Ep 153 - The Role Of Lifestyle Medicine In Breast Cancer with Dr. Amy Comander
Apr 18, 2023
Ep 152 - Cooking Quick & Easy Plant-Based Recipes with Toni Okamoto
Mar 13, 2023
Ep 151 - Heart Health & Prevention with Dr. Nicole Harkin
Feb 23, 2023
S5 Ep 35 (150th) - Celebrating 50 Years In Medicine with Dr. Michael Klaper
Nov 07, 2022
S5 Ep 34 - Plant-Based Himalayan Food with Chef Babita Shrestha
Oct 31, 2022
S5 Ep 33 - Can Mexican Food Be Vegan? with Chef Dora Stone
Oct 24, 2022
S5 Ep 32 - Prescribing Food As Medicine with Dr. Linda Shiue
Oct 17, 2022
S5 Ep 31 - How To Cultivate Mental Toughness & Grit with Sonya Looney
Oct 10, 2022
S5 Ep 30 - When A Doctor Cooks with Dr. Matthew Morris
Oct 03, 2022
S5 Ep 29 - Trauma Informed Care with Dr. Frances Southwick
Sep 26, 2022
S5 Ep 28 - The Future For Dairy-Free Milk with Dennis Cohlmia
Sep 19, 2022
S5 Ep 27 - Reclaim Your Rebel with Lizzy Cangro
Aug 08, 2022
S5 Ep. 26 - Exploring The New Wave of Regenerative Medicine with Dr. Joy Kong
Aug 01, 2022
S5 Ep 25 - How Juicing Enhances Wellness with Nastasha McKeon
Jul 25, 2022
S5 Ep 24 - Using Neuroplasticity To Change Our Lives with Ben Ahrens
Jul 18, 2022
S5 Ep 23 - Rewriting Our Belief System with Shelly Lefkoe
Jul 11, 2022
S5 Ep 22 - What It Is Like To Be Raw Vegan with Lissa Maris
Jul 04, 2022
S5 Ep 21 - Losing Weight With Flavor with Michele Swaczyna
Jun 27, 2022
S5 Ep 20 - Intentional Healing with Dr. T
Jun 20, 2022
S5 Ep 19 - How To Level Up Your Relationship Game with Jeanell Greene
Jun 13, 2022
S5 Ep 18 - Holistic Healing with a Vegan Chef with Chef Lauren Kretzer
Jun 06, 2022
S5 Ep 17 - Growing Up Asian *SPECIAL EPISODE*
May 31, 2022
S5 Ep 16 - Bringing Fitness To The Forefront with Dr. Elisabeth Fontaine
May 30, 2022
S5 Ep 15 - The Future of Medicine Is Telemedicine
May 23, 2022
S5 Ep 14 - How To Self-Liberate Our Negative Thought Patterns with Cheyne Towers
May 16, 2022
S5 Ep 13 - Enhancing Chiropractic Care with Plants & Low-Toxin Living with Dr. Peacock
May 09, 2022
Thrive Bites Celebrates Its 3rd Year Anniversary 🎉🥳
May 09, 2022
S5 Ep 12 - Why Nature Is Medicine with Dr. Melissa Sundermann
May 02, 2022
S5 Ep 11 - What You Need To Know About Osteoporosis Prevention with Drs. Klaper & Pierce
Apr 25, 2022
S5 Ep 10 - POTS & Autoimmune Conditions Explained with Dr. Setare Taabodi
Apr 18, 2022
S5 Ep 9 - Unearthing Our Power with David Gibson
Apr 11, 2022
S5 Ep 8 - Fighting While Being Plant Fueled with Cass Warbeck
Apr 04, 2022
S5 Ep 7 - What We Need To Know About Men’s Health with Dr. Judson Brandeis
Mar 28, 2022
S5 Ep 6 - Tips & Tricks For Eating Plant-Based On-The-Go with Dr. Kim Scheuer & Dr. Amy Zacharias
Mar 21, 2022
S5 Ep Bonus - Birthday Giveaway!
Mar 15, 2022
S5 Ep 5 - Building A Meatless Future with Paul Shapiro
Mar 07, 2022
S5 Ep 4 - Why We Need To Jumpstart with Plants with Dr. Ted Barnett
Feb 28, 2022
S5 Ep 3 - Untangling Medical Mysteries with Dr. Sherrie Greene
Feb 21, 2022
S5 Ep 2 - A Holistic Approach To Weight Loss with Dr. Ashley Lucas
Feb 14, 2022
S5 Ep 1 - Thriving Beyond Colorectal Cancer with Danielle Ripley-Burgess
Feb 07, 2022
S 4 Ep 30 - How To Make Your Life Legendary with Mark Bravo
Jan 10, 2022
S 4 Ep 29 - How To Be Plant-Based While Pregnant with Dr. Jeffrey Pierce
Jan 06, 2022
S 4 Ep 28 - Cooking WFPB Made Easier with Chef Ramses Bravo
Jan 03, 2022
S 4 Ep 27 - How To Get The Best Sleep Possible with Dr.Dave Shirazi
Dec 31, 2021
S 4 Ep 26 - How International Medical Relief Works with Shauna Vollmer King
Dec 28, 2021
S 4 Ep 25 - Start Your First Podcast with Dr. Riz Bukhari & Maya Acosta
Dec 24, 2021
S 4 Ep 24 - Everything You Need To Know About Magnesium with Natalie Jurado
Dec 21, 2021
S 4 Ep 23 - How Your Muscles Work with Alexandre Bernier
Dec 16, 2021
S 4 Ep 22 - Navigating Our Identity with Dr. Francis Yoo
Dec 13, 2021
S 4 Ep 21 - Why Body Posture & Awareness Matters
Dec 06, 2021
S 4 Ep 20 - How To Practice Mindfulness with Dr. Rashmi Schramm
Nov 29, 2021
S4 Ep 19 - Cooking With Intention (A Culinary Demo) with Chef Collin Goodine
Nov 22, 2021
S4 Ep 18 - Thriving Through Uncertainty with Dr. Nabil Othman
Nov 15, 2021
S 4 Ep 17 - Thriving After Sexual Abuse with Denise Bossarte
Nov 08, 2021
S 4 Ep 16 - Be Green Cook Green (A Culinary Demo) with Amy Tasetano
Nov 01, 2021
S4 Ep 15 - 100th Episode - Breaking Down Barriers with Gina Su
Oct 25, 2021
S 4 Ep 14 - Savoring Indian Cuisine with Chef Rich LaMarita
Oct 19, 2021
S 4 Ep 13 - Top 5 Strategies To Boost Your Financial Resiliency with Dr. Christopher Loo
Oct 12, 2021
S4 Ep 12 - How To Prevent Burnout & Optimize Self-Care with Dr. Sharon Grossman
Sep 27, 2021
S 4 Ep 11 - Keeping WFPB Cooking Simple Even In An RV with Kathy Davis
Sep 20, 2021
S 4 Ep 10 - What You Need To Know About Mushrooms with Jeff Chilton
Sep 13, 2021
S 4 Ep 9 - How We Can Heal With Compassionate Care & Post-Traumatic Resilience with Dr. Chris Cirino
Sep 06, 2021
S 4 Ep 8 - Debunking Common Myths About Weight Loss with Dr. Robert Davis
Aug 30, 2021
S 4 Ep 7 - Running Ultramarathons While Plant-Based with Dr. Madeline Hardacre
Aug 23, 2021
S 4 Ep 6 - WFPB 101 Roundtable Discussion with Plant-Based Telehealth
Aug 16, 2021
S 4 Ep 5 - What‘s Love Got To Do With It? Creating The Next Dating App with Dr. Chrystene Nguyen
Aug 09, 2021
S 4 Ep 4 - What You Don‘t Know About Diet & Dental Health with Ann Nguyen-Chung, DMD
Aug 02, 2021
S 4 Ep 3 - Fitness 101 Essentials To Start Moving Your Body with Drs. Michelle Quirk & Michelle Dang
Jul 26, 2021
S 4 Ep 2 - Touring Through A Chef‘s Kitchen with Chef Collin
Jul 19, 2021
S 4 Ep 1 - Everything You Need To Know About Green Tea with Kiyomi Koike
Jul 12, 2021
Thrive Bites Season 4 - Trailer
Jul 07, 2021
S 3 Ep 25 - From Cancer Survivor To Vegan Self-Care Expert with Annette Mai
Jun 14, 2021
S 3 Ep 24 - Making Our Small Steps Last with Sid Garza-Hillman
Jun 08, 2021
S 3 Ep 23 - Prioritizing Our Mental Health with Dr. Harry Karydes
Jun 01, 2021
S 3 Ep 22 - Sugar Addict To Vegan Chef & Instructor with Chef AJ
May 24, 2021
S 3 Bonus - My Intimate Journey With My Friend Meg Church Smithson
May 18, 2021
S 3 Ep 21 - Why We Need To Be Financially Fit with Kyle A. Sanders
Mar 08, 2021
S 3 Ep 20 - Traveling Without Boundaries with Dr. Paulina Buraczynski
Feb 25, 2021
S 3 Ep 19 - Making Mental Health Stylish with Dr. Vania Manipod
Feb 09, 2021
S 3 Ep 18 - What Plant-Based Eating Taught A Classic Chef with Chef Ramses Bravo
Jan 26, 2021
S 3 Ep 17 - This Is Your Brain On Food with Nutritional Psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo
Jan 11, 2021
S 3 Bonus - Plant Based and Oral Health with Dr. Khani Nguyen (Part 2)
Jan 01, 2021
S 3 Ep 16 - Sleep Is A Vital Sign with Dr. Andrea Matsumura
Dec 28, 2020
S 3 Bonus - Plant Based and Oral Health with Dr. Khani Nguyen (Part 1)
Dec 23, 2020
S 3 Ep 15 - Being A Foodpreneur with NextGenChef Founder Justine Reichman
Dec 14, 2020
S 3 Ep 14 - Unfolding Dis-ease with TCM with Ronald Pratt, L.Ac., M.Ac., M.A.
Nov 30, 2020
S 3 Ep 13 - Nourishing with Ayurvedic Nutrition with Gauri Junnarkar, MS, RD, LD, CDE, LMT, BAMS
Nov 16, 2020
S 3 Ep 12 - Finding Your Why with Dr. Engee Ibe
Nov 02, 2020
S 3 Ep 11 - Lifestyle Medicine As The Solution with Dr. Cate Collings
Oct 19, 2020
S 3 Ep 10 - How Lactation Is Essential To Thriving with Chelsea Poyo-Nieto, IBCLC
Oct 06, 2020
S 3 Bonus - Everyday Resilience - A Practical Guide to Build Inner Strength and Weather Life's Challenges Book Review
Sep 30, 2020
S 3 Ep 9 - Leading With Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Sharon Bergquist
Sep 21, 2020
S 3 Bonus - Self-Hypnosis To Enhance Your Sleep with Dr. Dyan Haspel-Johnson
Sep 14, 2020
S 3 Ep 8 - From Saving To Changing Lives with Nurse Coach Jan Park
Sep 07, 2020
S 3 Bonus - Chadwick Boseman and Colon Cancer with Dr. Tom Spyratos
Sep 02, 2020
S 3 Ep 7 - An Integrative and Holistic Approach to Medicine with Dr. Ashley Maltz
Aug 24, 2020
S 3 Ep 6 - Plant-Based For Life with the Plant Trainers
Aug 10, 2020
S 3 Bonus - This Is Your Brain On Food Book Review
Aug 03, 2020
S 3 Ep 5 - Using Fitness To Relieve Pain with Dr. Michelle Dang
Jul 27, 2020
S 3 Ep 4 - The Missing Ingredient of Sleep with Dr. Jody Tate
Jul 13, 2020
S 3 Ep 3 - Rising From Physician Burnout with Dr. Charmaine Gregory
Jun 29, 2020
S 3 Ep 2 - Slaying Self-Sabotage & Rocking Your Relationships with Coach Megan Church
Jun 15, 2020
S 3 Ep 1 - Mental Fortitude with Coach Steven Lin and Coach TJ Curry
Jun 01, 2020
Season 2 Notes
May 31, 2020
Season 2 Notes (Video Version)
May 30, 2020
S 2 Ep 22 - Work Hard & Wine Down with Margaux Alvarez
May 06, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Agatha Achindu
May 03, 2020
S 2 Ep 21 - Life Can Be A Marathon with Dr. Michelle Quirk
Apr 29, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Lily Correa, MPH, RD
Apr 26, 2020
S 2 Ep 20 - Party In My Plants with Talia Pollock
Apr 22, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Dr. Vanessa Calderon
Apr 19, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Elizabeth Peregrina
Apr 15, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Dr. Ragini Miryala
Apr 11, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Dr. Rattan & Dr. Edshteyn
Apr 08, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Dr. Kennard & Dr. Kalra
Apr 04, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Angie Krause
Apr 01, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Terra Rose Ganem
Mar 29, 2020
Staying Well Amongst COVID-19 Series with Dr. Rob Graham
Mar 25, 2020
S 2 Ep 19 - Walk To Save Your Life with Dr. David Sabgir
Mar 18, 2020
S 2 Ep 18 - Thrive with Positive Psychology with Dr. Liana Lianov
Mar 11, 2020
S 2 Ep 17 - Carving Out Your Own Path with Dr. Jen Caudle
Mar 04, 2020
S 2 Ep 16 - How We Affect Our World with Plant-Based Cyclist Ian Cramer
Feb 26, 2020
S 2 Ep 15 - Raising Plant-Based Kids with Dr. Yami Cazorla-Lancaster
Feb 19, 2020
S 2 Ep 14 - Understanding Intermittent Fasting with Dr. Cecily Ganheart
Feb 12, 2020
S 2 Ep 13 - The Power of Community with Dr. Rizwan Bukhari
Feb 05, 2020
S 2 Ep 12 - A Story About Triumph with Tal Kapoor
Jan 22, 2020
S 2 Ep 11 - A Chef's Unlikely Path with Chef Dr. Michelle Hauser (Part 2)
Jan 16, 2020
S 2 Ep 10 - A Chef's Unlikely Path with Chef Dr. Michelle Hauser (Part 1)
Jan 15, 2020
S 2 Ep 9 - Emotional Eating with Dr. Heather Hammerstedt
Jan 08, 2020
S 2 Ep 8 - Discovering Your Tribe with the Plant Chics
Jan 01, 2020
S 2 Ep 7 - Food, Meditation, and Ayurveda with Chef Rich LaMarita (Part 2)
Dec 25, 2019
S 2 Ep 6 - Food, Meditation, and Ayurveda with Chef Rich LaMarita (Part 1)
Dec 25, 2019
S 2 Ep 5 - Raising the Next Generation with Dr. Linda Abujaber
Dec 18, 2019
S 2 Ep 4 - Weight Loss That Works with Dr. Linda Hodges
Dec 11, 2019
S 2 Ep 3 - How To Implement Lifestyle Medicine with Dr. Dan Witkowski
Dec 04, 2019
S 2 Ep 2 - Spirituality is Medicine with Dr. Simran Rattan
Nov 27, 2019
S 2 Ep 1 - Letting Our Creativity Out with Dr. Dana Corriel
Nov 20, 2019
Season 1 Notes
Oct 04, 2019
S 1 Ep 22 - Champion Mindset with Steven Lin
Oct 01, 2019
S 1 Ep 21 - Plant-Based Hospital Medicine with Dr. Judy Brangman
Sep 25, 2019
S 1 Ep 20 - Herbal Medicine & Food with Dr. Anne Kennard
Sep 18, 2019
S 1 Ep 19 - Ways To Empower Yourself with Coach Cathy Hanlin
Sep 11, 2019
S 1 Ep 18 - Bringing Lifestyle Medicine Into Medical Education with Dr. Mondala & Dr. Yu
Sep 04, 2019
S 1 Ep 17 - Celebrating Women In The Culinary World with Chef Nina Curtis
Aug 28, 2019
S 1 Ep 16 - The Family Dinner with Chef Julia Nordgren, MD
Aug 21, 2019
S 1 Ep 15 - Manifesting The Life That We Want with Terra Rose Ganem
Aug 14, 2019
S 1 Ep 14 - The Interpretation of Food with Chef Muriel Samuels
Aug 07, 2019
S 1 Ep 13 - Finding Balance with Katie Reines, MS, RD
Jul 24, 2019
S 1 Ep 12 - How A Plant-Based Lifestyle Helped Me Thrive with Stephanie Bosco
Jul 17, 2019
S 1 Ep 11 - How Words Shape Our Reality with Sanaz Yaghmai, Psy.D, RYT
Jul 10, 2019
S 1 Ep 10 - Social Plant-Based Dining with Pat McAuley
Jul 03, 2019
S 1 Ep 9 - Improving Physician Wellness with Cheryl True, MD
Jun 26, 2019
S 1 Ep 8 - Why We Need To Cook For Our Health with Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA
Jun 19, 2019
S 1 Ep 7 - What We Did Not About Obesity with Jon Bonnet, MD, MPH (Part 2)
Jun 12, 2019
S 1 Ep 6 - How We Can Make Food Sustainable Again with Sherene Chou, MS, RDN
Jun 05, 2019
S 1 Ep 5 - The World Of Lifestyle Medicine with Jon Bonnet, MD, MPH (Part 1)
May 29, 2019
S 1 Ep 4 - Vegan Shirt Activism with Reyna Soto
May 22, 2019
S 1 Ep 3 - What We Did Not Know About Tea & Cannabis with Christian D. Perez, CB, CHC
May 15, 2019
S 1 Ep 2 - What Connects Us All with Ingrid Edshteyn, DO, MPH
May 08, 2019
S 1 Ep 1 - Thriving with Chef Dr. Robert Graham, MD
May 01, 2019
Welcome to Thrive Bites - Listen Here First!
Apr 10, 2019