Chef AJ on effortless weight loss, reversing obesity and healing colon polyps with a plant-based diet
Abbie Jaye aka “Chef AJ” is a chef, culinary instructor, best-selling author, and professional speaker who has followed a plant-exclusive diet for over 47 years.
In 2003 Chef AJ was an obese “junk-food vegan” with pre-cancerous colon polyps, which required surgical removal.
She discovered the healing power of food and converted to a whole-food plant-based diet and six months later her polyps were gone. And she lost her excess body fat and got down to a healthy body weight.
Chef AJ is the author of three best-selling books, The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss, Own Your Health, and Unprocessed. She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program, and she hosts the Chef AJ LIVE! show on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter daily.
Her new book of dessert recipes Chef AJ’s Sweet Indulgence: Guilt-Free Treats Sweetened Naturally with Fruit comes out in August 2024 and is available for pre-order now.
Chef AJ is a dear friend and in this fun and informative interview, she debunks weight loss myths and explains how you can “lose weight with a full plate” by adopting a whole food plant-based diet. You will love her. Enjoy!
Watch our interview below, or listen to it on the Chris Beat Cancer podcast on iTunes or Spotify.
Download the unedited interview transcript here
Show Notes
-Our parallel journeys to a whole food plant-based diet in 2003 [1:50]
-Chef AJ’s experience at the Optimum Health Institute [4:18]
-“This is not an illness. It is a health opportunity.” [6:22]
-The catastrophic consequences of obesity [11:47]
-Weight loss is easy with the right tools [15:41]
-Calorie density explained [16:56]
-Understanding the mechanisms of satiation [22:35]
-How fiber causes weight loss [26:47]
-How excess calories cause weight gain (Chris’s gas station analogy) [29:10]
-Our ancestors were primarily gatherers, not hunters [32:22]
-The history of processed food and factory farms, obesity and chronic disease [33:55]
-Are you willing to change what you eat? [36:36]
-Food addiction and using food as medication [37:33]
-The hyper-activation of dopamine pathways with sugar, fat, and salt [41:25]
-Beware of processed plant-based or vegan food [43:35]
-For weight loss, calories do matter [44:34]
-Skip dinner, not breakfast [47:48]
-What you need to know about fruit [50:52]
-If God made it, eat it [53:35]
-Raise your food standards [58:37]
Connect with Chef AJ:
Website: www.chefaj.com
Facebook: Chef AJ
Instagram: @therealchefaj
YouTube: @chefaj
Resources mentioned in the interview:
Optimum Health Institute
The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss by Chef AJ
The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet by Barbara Rolls, Ph.D.
The Pleasure Trap by Dr. Doug Lisle and Dr. Alan Goldhamer
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss
The End of Overeating by Dr. David Kessler
How Not To Diet by Dr. Michael Greger
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