Q&A with Dr. Doug Lisle

For two years, I was afraid to share that I had cancer. Part of that fear was personal—worrying about how people would react. But another part of me was nervous about what it might mean for how people see veganism. Being vegan is such a big part of my life, and I didn’t want my diagnosis to be used as some kind of argument against it. I felt like sharing my story might somehow hurt the value of what being vegan means to me and to so many others. But I’ve realized that my story isn’t about provin

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LOSE the weight and keep it OFF with Chef AJ! Chef AJ is an author, speaker, chef, and leader in the plant-based community. For many years she was known for her amazing vegan meals and recipes, like those she shared in her first book "Unprocessed". However, around 2012, Chef AJ made a few simple changes in her diet that lead to her losing 50 pounds of extra weight that she had been carrying around for the past two decades. It was this recent turn in events that really prompted me to invite her t

Chef AJ was a vegan stuck at 167 lbs. She desperately wanted to lose an extra 50 lbs, especially since an unfortunate accident left her needing possible knee surgery if she couldn't take more weight off her joints. So, how did she lose the weight? Two words - Calorie Density. All she did was swap out the more calorically dense plant foods (nuts, seeds, avocados) with less calorie-dense ones (rice, potatoes, fruit, non-starchy vegetables). Not only did calorie density help Chef AJ lose her desire