Ep 74 Chef AJ – Why elimination diets don’t work and find the why that makes you cry.

Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-exclusive diet for over 43 years. She is the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV. 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 an obese junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body. Her latest bestselling book The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss: A Revolutionary Approach to Conquer Cravings, Overcome Food Addiction and Lose Weight Without Going Hungry has received glowing endorsement by many luminaries in the plant based movement.

Today Che AJ shares with Nicolette her story of being overweight, addicted to food, anorexic and bulimic which all have its connections to a host of gut diseases that she suffered from. Chef AJ then takes us through her journey of becoming one of the world’s healthiest Plant Based chefs that she is today. She helps people lose their weight with whole foods and lifestyle changes knowing that even though “genetics loads the gun, it’s ultimately the diet and lifestyle that pulls the trigger!”

You’ll be happy to know that Chef AJ always had a sweet tooth is a former pastry chef. But now makes desserts by using the fruit, the whole fruit and nothing but the whole fruit – so you can have your ‘cake’ and eat it too. What truly sets Chef AJ apart from the rest is that she knows not only how to lose weight but what it takes to keep the weight off permanently. Learn all her top tips here on this episode of the Eat Real to Heal podcast.

Find Chef AJ at:

Website: www.chefajwebsite.com

Facebook: @chef.aj1

Instagram: @therealchefaj

YouTube: Chef AJ - Chef AJ Live 11am PCT - Weight loss Wednesday

Discussed on the Podcast:

Chef AJ’s Programs:

GI Health Summit: 14-22 Nov 2020 Sign up for the replay 25-30th Nov – www.gihealthsummit.com

The Truth about Weight-loss Summit: – Every Feb – www.thetruthaboutweightloss.org

Feel Fabulous Over 40: 2 Week free trial – www.feelfabulousoverforty.com

Chef AJ’s Books:

Unprocessed: How to achieve vibrant health and your ideal weight - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1456576097/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_QDxTFbV0852P1

The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07G1BL59Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Own Your Health - https://read.amazon.ca/kp/embed?asin=B08KPLLPZW&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_bGxTFbJ5B1DAP

A Date with Dessert eBook: https://chefajwebsite.com/web-store.html

Tips to Finding the why that makes you cry

1. Cleaning up your environment

2. Have a batch cooking preparation technique – fill home with whole food

Dr T Colin Campbell – www.nutritionstudies.org

The Canadian Health Food Guide - https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/canada-food-guide/resources/resources-download.html

Dr Caldwell Esselstyne - www.dresselstyn.com

Book - Starving for Attention, Cherry Boone - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1568381123/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_UXeTFb6TCSSWV

Fed up Documentary - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381335/

Book - The Pleasure Trap – Alan Goldhammer - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1570671974/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_H9yVFbG4MRR4V

Book – Eat more, Weigh less – Dean Ornish M.D. - https://www.amazon.ca/Eat-More-Weigh-Less-Abundantly/dp/006109627X

Dr Klaper - www.doctorklaper.com

True North Health Foundation - www.truenorthhealthfoundation.org

True North Health Center - www.healthpromoting.com

Lifestyle Medicine Doctor – www.lifestylemedicine.org

Dotsie Bausch Plant Based Olympic