Dr. Colin Zhu is Board-Certified in Family Practice & Lifestyle Medicine. Driven by his passion for the intersection of medicine, food, and nutrition, he trained as a chef and health coach at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health & Culinary Arts and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. In 2017, he launched TheChefDoc, an online wellness and lifestyle education platform that has been featured in several publications. Dr. Zhu is an international speaker, the author of “Thrive Medicine: How To Cultivate Your Desires and Elevate Your Life,“ and the host of Thrive Bites Podcast in which he interviews health and wellness experts on plant-powered lifestyle, enhancing emotional wellness, and creating a thriving mindset. He also created The THR5 Formula™, a self-educational masterclass series that combines inspiration, education, and practical tools on how to THRIVE, with its 5 To THR5™ Pillars: Food As Medicine, Functional Fitness, Relationships, Community, & Emotional Resilience. Currently based in Southern California, he sees patients via his virtual lifestyle medical practice, TheChefDoc Lifestyle Medicine, and his new TheChefDoc App offers to coach and educate individuals worldwide.