The questions I get most — about credentials, dietitians, and why a cook bothers with science. No smoke and mirrors. Scans of every certificate are on the The Receipts page.
Are you a dietitian?
No. I’m a professional plant-based chef. I build my nutrition knowledge at scientific conferences and trainings, but I don’t treat patients and I don’t give medical advice.
Why does a cook attend medical university conferences?
Because I feed people every day and write about food in public. I’d rather know what the science says about fats, plant protein and the gut–brain axis than repeat internet myths.
Do you give dietary advice or write meal plans?
No. I don’t treat patients and I don’t write therapeutic diets — that’s what clinical dietitians and doctors are for. I cook, I teach cooking, and I write about food. Got a health problem? See a specialist.
Do you only cook plant-based?
Professionally, yes — I’m a plant-based chef. But I’m not the food police and I don’t lecture anyone. I cook so it tastes good to meat-eaters too, and that’s what I write about.
Why would a cook care about lifestyle medicine?
Because food isn’t just the plate. What you eat is tied to how you sleep, how you move and how your head works. Lifestyle medicine looks at the whole picture — close to how I think about cooking.
How do I know I can trust you on food?
You don’t have to take my word for it. The certificates are there to see — scans, dates, organizers. And when I write about health, I say where it comes from. I get things wrong like anyone — then I fix them.
How expensive is a plant-based (vegan) diet?
That’s up to you. Grains, vegetables and legumes have always been poor people’s food — and today a plant-based (vegan) diet can be dirt cheap. Sure, some plants are pricey: saffron, real vanilla, truffles, cashews and macadamias, matcha, top-shelf vegan cheeses and cold cuts. But that’s nothing remarkable — go check what Wagyu beef costs.
Is a plant-based (vegan) diet healthy?
I’m a cook, but here I’ll answer like a dietitian: it depends. If you live on crisps washed down with cola, that’s a plant-based (vegan) diet too — just a junk one. But build your food on a plant-based (vegan) Mediterranean model and you get the healthiest diet there is.
What way of eating is the healthiest?
The Mediterranean diet and its variants — by the current state of knowledge, the best-studied, most balanced and healthiest way to eat. And in its plant-based (vegan) form it does even better.
The kitchen is my space for lifestyle medicine.
I'm not a dietitian or a doctor – I'm a chef, and a member of the Polish Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Nutrition is essential to a modern kitchen, and that's nothing new: working from Hippocratic dietetic principles was part of a cook's craft centuries ago. At Rude Kitchen I tie that tradition to modern science — and to lifestyle. Read more about how I bring cooking and lifestyle medicine together on the About page.