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Dr. Colin Zhu is a family medicine physician who practices primarily locums.\xa0 He also trained as a chef and a\xa0health coach\xa0at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health & Culinary Arts and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition after medical school.\xa0\xa0 We discuss recommendations he has for his patients looking to eat healthier and physicians looking to do this same.\xa0 We talk about essential kitchen utensils and small appliances, his go-to ingredients, for simple, fast, healthy, and delicious meals.\xa0 We finish by discussing his book, Thrive Medicine.

Locum tenens has taken him to Nevada, where he worked with a Native American population at a tribal-run outpatient clinic, a Veterans Affairs system in Louisiana and a county medicine department in\xa0Santa Cruz,\xa0California that runs its own homeless shelter. A fourth position found him at a community health clinic in Seattle with a diverse refugee population.\xa0Currently, he works in Los Angeles.\xa0

His traveling work has been featured in publications such as\xa0The DO,\xa0MedPage Today, and\xa0Stat News.\xa0To share his\xa0unique blend of\xa0medical knowledge with a wider audience, Dr. Zhu launched\xa0TheChefDoc\xa0website, an online wellness and lifestyle education platform which has been featured in\xa0Jarry Magazine,\xa0OWaves, and\xa0Brit + Co. Colin is also the author of "Thrive Medicine: How To Cultivate Your Desires and Elevate Your Life," released in\xa0December\xa02017.\xa0\xa0

Social Media Links:

Website:\xa0http://chefdoczhu.com/

Thrive Medicine the Book:\xa0https://www.amazon.com/Thrive-Medicine-Cultivate-Desires-Elevate/dp/0999646133/

Instagram:\xa0https://www.instagram.com/thechefdoc/?hl=en

LinkedIn:\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-zhu-do-3905ba60/

Youtube:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeVW6o9F8V5BmCfkkLHUDTw

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