How To Live Without Cheese & Break Up With Dairy | Chef Bai

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Physicians Committee

Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Giving up cheese and dairy doesn't have to be so hard!

Learn how to make delicious dairy-free recipes with Bailey Ruskus (aka Chef Bai), social media star and author of the Breaking Up With Dairy cookbook.

She joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to discuss the incredible recipes in her new book, as well as the challenges of transitioning to a dairy-free diet. The pair also slice up the psychological factors behind cheese addiction and the importance of making conscious food choices.

Chef Bai also shares her personal journey and how she addresses common food allergies.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in plant-based cooking and overcoming dairy dependency.

In This Interview:

- How to make plant-based milks

- How to make plant-based cheese

- How to make dairy-free desserts

- Psychological factors of dairy and cheese addiction

- Alternatives for common food allergies

- And more!

Join Chuck and Dr. Will Bulsiewicz at Dr. Barnard’s Bon Voyage Bash in Miami on March 7!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	Was dairy the hardest breakup you've ever been through?
0:08.0	Yes, not just with eating and consuming cheese itself, but also being a chef, having that be a part of my identity, but once I made it happen, honestly, my life completely changed.
0:18.0	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought honestly, my life completely changed.
0:26.5	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:32.9	Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. Hi to the exam room. He's listening in Birmingham, Alabama, Jersey City, New Jersey, and
0:38.8	Belgrade, Serbia. Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier
0:44.2	place. This is episode 13 of season 8, number 612 overall. It has been said many times that
0:53.5	breaking up is hard to do.
0:56.1	But today, we are actually going to make it a whole lot easier for you to put an end to a very toxic relationship.
1:04.2	Because today is all about breaking up with dairy.
1:08.3	That is the title, by the way, of a brand new cookbook by our friend
1:12.5	Chef Bailey Ruskis, known to her legions of fans as Chef Bay. And this book of hers is an instant
1:20.7	gem mint 10, because if cheese is your jam, she's got a ton of easy dairy-free cheese recipes for you.
1:29.1	Or if you are a milkhead like I was, boom, she's got you covered there too.
1:34.4	And if you've got a sweet tooth, how about some delicious dairy-free desserts?
1:39.6	And as a matter of fact, exam room VIP members, well, you are going to get a free recipe from
1:45.7	Chef Bay's cookbook in this month's newsletter should be coming out in the next few days,
1:51.5	and rumor hasn't that Chef Bay's recipe for chocolate chunk fudge pops will be included in the
1:58.8	newsletter. So to become an exam room VIP for free and get the recipe in
2:03.8	this month's newsletter, just had to pcrm.org slash exam room VIP to sign up or click the link
2:11.1	in the episode notes. And listen, while you're on our website and looking around, if you're looking for a new job,
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