Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-exclusive diet for over 47 years. She was the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which aired on Foody TV. A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is the author of three bestselling books, The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss: A Revolutionary Approach to Conquer Cravings, Overcome Food Addiction and Lose Weight Without Going Hungry, Own Your Health and The 10th Anniversary Edition of Unprocessed, all which have received glowing endorsement by many luminaries in the plant based movement.

Chef AJ was the Executive Pastry Chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her vegan, sugar, oil, salt and gluten free desserts which use the fruit, the whole fruit and nothing but the whole fruit. She broadcasts CHEF AJ LIVE! on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter daily. She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program, which has helped hundreds of people achieve the health and the body that they deserve and is proud to say that her IQ is higher than her cholesterol. In 2018 she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame.

Laura bid farewell to 35 lbs of excess weight, painful knee arthritis, intense hot flashes, severe digestive issues with chronic bloating and abdominal pain, and stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Lost in a maze of nutritional confusion, Laura tried extreme measures like diet pills, meal replacement shakes, calorie counting and restriction, keto diets and over-exercising.

Laura discovered whole food, plant-based eating and committed to eating this way. Until then, her beliefs were shaped entirely by gimmicks, marketing, and falsehoods. Laura began researching everything related to this lifestyle. Understanding the science behind how a diet rich in plants and free from processed and animal-derived foods promotes health was transformative. Laura became a private WFPB chef, helping women transform their health through weight loss and reversing chronic conditions by preparing delicious oil-free meals made from plants that their entire families enjoyed. She then became a certified nutrition and wellness coach and helps individuals discover their best, healthiest selves through the power of food.

If you find yourself in the throes of nutritional confusion along with fighting cravings and ingrained habits, this could be your first step towards clarity, optimal health, and liberation from all that has hindered you. Laura specializes in plant-based nutrition and assisting people like you in making sustainable positive changes needed to enjoy optimal health. Together, you can discover your superpowers, eliminate obstacles and embark on a journey towards the health and life you wish for and deserve.

As a plant-based chef (embracing all eating preferences- from vegans to carnivores and everyone in between!) with a big appetite for delicious, wholesome, locally grown food, I have spent many years exploring the connection between food, well-being, community, and the planet. My appetite for vibrant, flavorful food & living a juicy life inspires my approach to wellness. I believe food should be as joyful as it is nourishing. That’s why I help you cultivate a healthy, intuitive relationship with food, listening closely to what your body truly craves.

I blend holistic nutrition with culinary creativity to empower you to make nourishing, mindful, and delightful food choices that align with your unique health goals & values. Through personalized coaching, we will create a nutrition & lifestyle guide that includes a customized cookbook filled with colorful plant-based recipes featuring your favorite superfoods and small daily habits designed to support your well-being. Together, we will explore the transformative power of food as medicine for your body, mind, spirit, soul, and the Earth.

Whether you want to enhance overall wellness, manage specific health conditions, or deepen your connection to the food you eat, I am here to support your journey. Let’s create a delicious path towards wellness, honoring both you and the planet every step of the way.

*While I emphasize a plant-centered approach, you don’t need to be vegan or plant-based to work with me. I do not focus on food restriction, fad diets, calorie counting, or anything that makes you feel bad about your food choices. Wherever you are on your health journey, I am here to support you.

MY CREDENTIALS INCLUDE:
-Culinary Nutrition Chef Certification from The Natural Gourmet Culinary Institute, NYC
-Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from T. Colin Campbell’s eCornell program
-Plant-Based Coaching Certification from The Food Revolution Network
-Pursuing a Master’s degree in Integrative Health and Nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health

My journey to becoming a health coach started in 2012 when I noticed how my health was being affected by my dietary and lifestyle choices. At the time, I was a bit lost and overwhelmed with the amount of information that seemed contradictory in providing answers that would improve my health and wellbeing. In addition to making lifestyle changes, studying the latest research and adopting a whole food plant-based diet, I have dramatically changed my health for the better.

As a certified plant-based coach, I will help you adopt a plant-based diet and help you make healthier, more sustainable choices. With a passion for plant-based living, I provide guidance and support to help you achieve your optimal health and wellness goals. I believe that everyone has the potential to heal and thrive, and I’m committed to helping you achieve the results you desire.

Carlene McIntyre is a dedicated Food Revolution Network Certified Plant-Based Health Coach. She was a pharmacist for 40 years before retiring and becoming a health coach. Based on scientific evidence as well as her previous professional experience, Carlene is strongly convinced that healthy whole plant foods are critical for health and wellness. On a personal note, she lost over 80 pounds after switching to a whole food plant-based diet. She is also certified as a solution focused practitioner, CSFP-Advanced, and serves as a volunteer mentor for Plant Powered Metro NY.

Pam Miller has been a lifestyle coach since 2021. Pam is a certified Health and Well-being coach through Wellcoaches, certified in Plant Based Nutrition, eCornell and has successfully completed the FRN Food Revolution Network Plant Based Certification, July 30, 2024. Pam has been an RN for 29 years and a family nurse practitioner [FNP] for 16 years. She has assisted Chef AJ and Better Life Summits to moderate membership forums. She assists co-hosting the Wednesday Lives on the Feel Fabulous Over Forty program with Better Life Summits.

Pam believes that living the whole plant foods nutrition style has transformed her life and because she wants everyone to experience some version of what she has experienced, she has a passion to help people tackle these very problems. Pam’s focus is to help people achieve optimum health; to improve nutrition, to learn and practice a sustainable healthy way of eating, to lose weight, as well as prevent and reverse disease through behavior change, goal setting and action steps.

Pam resides in Southern Oregon. She is married with one son. She enjoys the outdoors,
cycling, mountain biking, hiking, and camping.
Pam Miller’s website: optimumhealthandnutrition.org
Contact: optimumhealthpam@gmail.com

Master’s prepared Registered Nurse aspiring to become a Cardiologist focusing on whole-food, plant-based and lifestyle medicine.

I practiced primary care and emergency medicine as a PA for over 30 years. It became progressively disheartening to see the growing emphasis on use of prescription drugs for almost every issue. While these medications are beneficial when used appropriately, many patients have forgotten about their own ability to optimally care for their bodies through healthy diet and lifestyle choices, which can frequently prevent the need for drugs. Enjoying a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet for several years has improved my life in every way and I relish preparing and eating food more than ever before. I want the same for all patients who hope for a better life and desire this knowledge. I now use my NC Medical Board license to empower patients to achieve their own health goals through coaching and, if desired, adjunctive therapy with professional clinical hypnosis. I help individuals struggling with health issues and/or barriers to self-care discover new paths to healing and wholeness through positive, supportive, and nonjudgmental guidance.

I am an RN specializing in holistic home care and passionate about plant-based nutrition for optimal health.

Hello and welcome,
I’m Dr Jennifer Gin, PharmD and Lifestyle Medicine Pharmacist! I am passionate about helping my patients become the best versions of themselves by using nutrition and lifestyle change. I work as a clinical pharmacist in a large health system hospital and have seen thousands of patients suffer from chronic illness that may have been prevented.

I created Akemi Wellness LLC to help patients regain control of their health through Lifestyle Medicine coaching and consultation. I work with patients individually and in a group setting. We address all six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine to prevent and reverse chronic illness. I am your de-prescribing pharmacist!

Dr. Michelle Loy, MD, DipABOIM, DipABLM, DABMA, FAAP, is a nationally recognized physician who received her magna cum laude degree in Psychology from Harvard College, her MD from Weill Cornell Medical College, her pediatrics residency training from New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, and her Integrative Medicine Fellowship training from Columbia University/Stamford Hospital. She completed certification in Medical Acupuncture from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She is board certified in Integrative Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, and Pediatrics.

Dr. Loy has achieved recognition in integrative medicine at national academic conferences and other peer-reviewed training opportunities. She serves as an Executive Committee member of the AAP Section of Integrative Medicine and serves on the American Board of Integrative Medicine.

She provides lifestyle medicine and integrative medicine consultations at NYU Langone to solve challenging clinical problems across the spectrum of general and subspecialty pediatric, adolescent, and adult medicine. A clinical professor with joint appointments in Medicine and Pediatrics, she is committed to supporting fellow physicians and physicians-in-training in self-reflection and self-care. Her clinical and research interests include Nutrition, particularly Culinary and Botanical Medicine, Acupuncture, Stress Management, Medical Yoga, Cancer Recovery, Women’s and Children’s Health, Narrative Medicine, and Shared Medical Appointments.

Dr. Loy is a Lecturer for the Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate Program (Cornell University) and also serves on the medical advisory board of Plant Powered Metro New York and the Integrative Oncology Working Group Culinary Medicine Expert Panel. She has presented at national conferences on lifestyle medicine, culinary medicine, and plant-based nutrition. She is on the medical advisory board of Plant Powered Metro New York and pioneered a popular Shop with a Doc Culinary Medicine grocery tour series.

In her recreational time, she enjoys reading, swimming, running, exploring farmer’s markets, and creating healthful, whole-food, plant-forward meals for her husband and five children.

I have been a practicing Internal Medicine physician since 1991. My practice has been focused on primary care of adults. Since 1996, I have been practicing with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation initially in Sunnyvale, then Mountain View, California. My plant-based journey began in the mid 1990s when I read “Diet for a new America” by John Robbins, and subsequently read many books by Dr John McDougal. In addition to taking the eCornell course through T. Colin Campbell, I became board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine in 2019. i have attended 2 of the annual Lifestyle medicine conferences, in 2019 and 2022. I have also attended the Plant Strong conference in Ashland, North Carolina in 2023, led by Rip Esselstyn.

Since February 2024, I have been the lead physician in my group’s new concierge medical practice. This membership-based practice is allowing me more time to work with patients who are interested in plant-based eating and healthy lifestyle changes. My philosophy of healthcare is preventive, collaborative, and postive.

Jen Mosteller, MSN, FNP-BC, DipACLM
Jennifer Mosteller is a nationally dual board certified and licensed Family Nurse Practitioner with both AANP and ANCC. Additionally, she is board certified in Lifestyle Medicine through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and has additional education and training in obesity management through the Obesity Medical Association. She completed her MSN from the University of Cincinnati, graduating from the Family Nurse Practitioner program with honors. Jen enjoys building relationships with her patients and their family members and is committed to helping others pursue better health results. She loves the opportunity to work with a variety of patients across the life span and provide education and treatment options that allow them to make the best decisions for their health and wellbeing. Additional primary care experience includes adolescent health, mental health, preventative care, weight loss, nutrition, and women’s health.

Jen is passionate about preventing and reversing chronic disease by following a plant based diet, getting in the exercise and following the pillars of lifestyle medicine. She loves to educate others and help them live healthier lives.

I am a primary care physician, retired USAF Colonel flight surgeon, agricultural advisor/consultant and author of both health and agricultural books. I am a vegan along with my wife Lisa Everett Andersen who is a clinical pharmacist and certified clinical nutritionist. I started my adult life in sustainable/biological agriculture and subsequently went to medical school and have always practiced integrative medicine.

I provide primary care, integrative medicine, IV therapies, prolotherapy, nutrition counseling and collaboration with my wife and other clinical pharmacists at Obrien Pharmacy, Mission, Kansas. I treat new born to the most elderly, every kind of issue experienced including collaboration with NP midwives to sustain delicate pregnancies and assist with fertility and bioidentical hormone replacement therapies.

Education:

• University of Arizona | Bachelor of Science in Argriculture/Ag. Education
• University of South Florida | Master of Science in Public Health
• Clayton University | PhD in Agriculture Biophysics
• Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona CA | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Certifications and Licensures:

• Certified Cenegenics, Trained Physician

As the second generation owner of O’Brien Pharmacy and the Kansas City Holistic Centre in Mission, Kansas, Lisa grew up in pharmacy and healthcare, yet was dubbed the “un-pharmacist” for helping patients attain healthier lives through lifestyle changes, such as adopting a plant-based diet, versus popping pills. She uses her almost 50 years of experience as a clinical pharmacist and 30-some years as a certified clinical nutritionist to help people achieve the reversal of disease and the reclamation of their health. In her private consultation practice, she focuses on outcome-based holistic patient care and education. Her work incorporates the principles of biochemically-based clinical nutrition, spirituality, physiology, and pharmacology.

Lisa is the President of the International and American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists, a member on the Government Affairs Committee for the Kansas Pharmacists Association, and is on the Foundation Board of Directors for the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding. She served on the Professional Affairs committee for the Kansas Pharmacists Association and the Education Committee for the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding. She has fellowships in the American College of Apothecaries and the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding. Lisa was on the Midwest Internal Review Board for 10 years, overseeing more than 950 studies for the Food and Drug Administration, and served on the board of trustees for the American Holistic Medical Association. Lisa formulated the antioxidant supplement Body & Vision, and the multi-vitamin/mineral Optimal Daily Allowance which won the NutriSearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements Five Star Award in 2014. Recently, Lisa authored a textbook to benefit both practitioners and patients titled Learning to Thrive in a Toxic World and the Impact of Clinical Endocrinology and BHRT, and is working on a follow-up book for practitioners. Lisa is currently seeking her diplomate in constitutional homeopathy as a student of The Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine.