78: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight with Chef AJ

Food Heals

Allison Melody

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-based diet for almost 40 years. She is the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV. With her comedy background, she has made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and more. A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is author of the popular book Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from a junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body. Based in Los Angeles, Chef AJ teaches how to create meals to transform health, how to deal with cravings and food addiction and addresses the emotional side of eating. She is the creator of The Ultimate Weight Loss Program, was the Executive Pastry Chef at Sante La Brea Restaurant in Los Angeles, creator of Healthy Taste of LA and the YouTube cooking show The Chef and the Dietitian. Chef AJ holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Being hailed as "Sex and the City for Food," The Food Heals Podcast brings together experts in the field of nutrition, health and healing to teach you the best-kept natural secrets to being a hotter, healthier, happier YOU! The Food Heals Podcast is hosted by Allison Melody and Suzy Hardy – two self-proclaimed natural chicks who will rock your world and change your beliefs about health! This sexy, savvy duo provides eco-friendly advice on a variety of issues including the healing power of nutrition, living authentically, turning your passion into your career, choosing the best natural health and beauty products, the benefits of a plant-based diet and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Food Heels podcast, episode 78.
0:04.2	And so if you want to avoid taking a blue pill, just eat a couple of green leaves, you know?
0:08.9	That's a great quote.
0:10.2	That's a tweetable right there.
0:11.6	There you go.
0:14.2	Holistic Voice presents the Food Heels podcast with your hosts, Alison Melody and Susie Hardy.
0:26.4	Join the Food Hills Nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself.
0:35.5	Warning side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality, thoughts of living longer, an increase in sexual activity, feelings of joy, cravings for kale and chemo, and a spike in Tinder matches.
0:41.5	In rare cases, people have experienced a strong desire to actually start using their 3999 a month gym membership. If you experience any of these symptoms, Snapchat your trainer immediately. All right, welcome Food Heels Nation. Thanks for joining us.
0:47.4	I'm Allison Melody. And I'm Susie Hardy. Today's guest is Chef A.J., who has been devoted
0:52.2	to a plant-based diet for almost 40 years. Chef
0:55.6	AJ is the host of the television series Healthy Living with Chef AJ, which airs on Foodie
1:01.0	TV. She has also made appearances on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, that's amazing,
1:07.0	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the late show with David Letterman.
1:12.3	Chef A.J. is a culinary instructor and author of the popular book Unprocessed, How to
1:17.4	Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from a junk
1:21.9	food vegan faced with a diagnosis of precancerous polyps to learning how to create foods
1:27.1	that nourish and heal the body.
1:28.9	But before we get to our interview with Chef AJ, we have to tell you about today's sponsor.
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