Hi, I am Dr Chan Tat Hon.
Welcome to my personal website and blog
Some people call me 'Doc' because I am a practising medical doctor.
Some call me 'Teacher' or 'Coach' because I am also very active in teaching and coaching people in re-training their lifestyle and dietary habits to preserve health or combat diseases they already have.
Some call me 'Chef' because I am still cooking in and running my restaurant that I started a few years ago which I use as a living classroom to encourage healthy eating habits.
Welcome to my personal website and blog
Some people call me 'Doc' because I am a practising medical doctor.
Some call me 'Teacher' or 'Coach' because I am also very active in teaching and coaching people in re-training their lifestyle and dietary habits to preserve health or combat diseases they already have.
Some call me 'Chef' because I am still cooking in and running my restaurant that I started a few years ago which I use as a living classroom to encourage healthy eating habits.
I am an adventurer and in the 20 plus years since I graduated from medical school I've been on many interesting journeys, many of which I am sharing in my blog here.
In this current season, Practising, Teaching, Coaching, 'Preaching' Lifestyle as Medicine is my passion. My calling and purpose is to help people unlock the power of lifestyle for a longer healthier life and to help them jumpstart their journeys of unlocking the power of a healthy lifestyle to 'disease-proof' themselves and most of all their loved ones.
My typical day usually looks something like this :
Morning : coaching patients at my medical clinic, focusing on re-training their dietary habits to combat conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, fatty liver and other chronic lifestyle-related diseases.
Lunch-time : working as a chef and server at my restaurant @The Bento People during the busy lunch hour, doubling up as a 'healthy eating advocate' whenever I have time to interact with my customers at the restaurant.
Afternoon : running healthy lifestyle coaching programmes at the hospitals, community or companies.
Dinner-time : back to working as chef, server, 'healthy eating advocate' at my restaurant
In the past few years, I've been privileged to be invited and given platforms on various TV and print media (collated HERE) to share my story and advocate improving the lifestyle and eating habits of individuals and food culture of our society as the first go medicine to combat chronic lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
I never set out to be a health advocate. I had all along been, like almost all Singaporeans, a die-hard foodie, but a series of events over the years led me to become the health advocate that I am today, especially in the area of how our daily food choices significantly impact our health.
I am a medical doctor and I run a Medical Clinic that emphasizes the use of lifestyle as medicine where I prescribe lifestyle modifications as medicine, coaching patients through dietary modifications & exercise programmes to manage lifestyle related diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cholesterol disorders and body weight issues.
And over time, I found that I needed to do more to help people better understand and appreciate the power of lifestyle for better health, so I started a consultancy and training company 'ENGINES of HEALTH' where I conduct workshops, seminars and healthy lifestyle training programmes for individuals and organisations to awaken, equip and jumpstart participants' lifestyle and dietary habits for longer healthier lives.
Whatever other free time left that I can squeeze out, I would usually be found 'preaching' and teaching the power of lifestyle as medicine at conferences, churches, companies, organisations and events that I get invited to.
Some years back, I also accidentally started a restaurant The Bento People and became the full-time chef there for a few years. My wife and I are still hands-on involved in the day to day running of the restaurant, I in the kitchen and she in front serving the customers. I am often found 'playing with food' in the kitchen, always thinking of new ways to incorporate new healthier ingredients into new dishes for the restaurant's menu and wherever possible use that as an opportunity to engage my customers to encourage them towards a lifestyle of healthy eating.
All my crazy adventures would not have been possible if not for the unflinching support from my long-suffering wife, You can read my blog post >> 'Behind every adventurous man is a long-suffering wife' if you are keen to read my story about my wife has been supporting my crazy adventures all these years and how grateful I am for that.
I am active on Instagram @whatscookingdoc and Facebook @whatscookingdoc.sg
Do follow me on my social media for updates on my blogs, talks, seminars and events.
In this current season, Practising, Teaching, Coaching, 'Preaching' Lifestyle as Medicine is my passion. My calling and purpose is to help people unlock the power of lifestyle for a longer healthier life and to help them jumpstart their journeys of unlocking the power of a healthy lifestyle to 'disease-proof' themselves and most of all their loved ones.
My typical day usually looks something like this :
Morning : coaching patients at my medical clinic, focusing on re-training their dietary habits to combat conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, fatty liver and other chronic lifestyle-related diseases.
Lunch-time : working as a chef and server at my restaurant @The Bento People during the busy lunch hour, doubling up as a 'healthy eating advocate' whenever I have time to interact with my customers at the restaurant.
Afternoon : running healthy lifestyle coaching programmes at the hospitals, community or companies.
Dinner-time : back to working as chef, server, 'healthy eating advocate' at my restaurant
In the past few years, I've been privileged to be invited and given platforms on various TV and print media (collated HERE) to share my story and advocate improving the lifestyle and eating habits of individuals and food culture of our society as the first go medicine to combat chronic lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
I never set out to be a health advocate. I had all along been, like almost all Singaporeans, a die-hard foodie, but a series of events over the years led me to become the health advocate that I am today, especially in the area of how our daily food choices significantly impact our health.
I am a medical doctor and I run a Medical Clinic that emphasizes the use of lifestyle as medicine where I prescribe lifestyle modifications as medicine, coaching patients through dietary modifications & exercise programmes to manage lifestyle related diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cholesterol disorders and body weight issues.
And over time, I found that I needed to do more to help people better understand and appreciate the power of lifestyle for better health, so I started a consultancy and training company 'ENGINES of HEALTH' where I conduct workshops, seminars and healthy lifestyle training programmes for individuals and organisations to awaken, equip and jumpstart participants' lifestyle and dietary habits for longer healthier lives.
Whatever other free time left that I can squeeze out, I would usually be found 'preaching' and teaching the power of lifestyle as medicine at conferences, churches, companies, organisations and events that I get invited to.
Some years back, I also accidentally started a restaurant The Bento People and became the full-time chef there for a few years. My wife and I are still hands-on involved in the day to day running of the restaurant, I in the kitchen and she in front serving the customers. I am often found 'playing with food' in the kitchen, always thinking of new ways to incorporate new healthier ingredients into new dishes for the restaurant's menu and wherever possible use that as an opportunity to engage my customers to encourage them towards a lifestyle of healthy eating.
All my crazy adventures would not have been possible if not for the unflinching support from my long-suffering wife, You can read my blog post >> 'Behind every adventurous man is a long-suffering wife' if you are keen to read my story about my wife has been supporting my crazy adventures all these years and how grateful I am for that.
I am active on Instagram @whatscookingdoc and Facebook @whatscookingdoc.sg
Do follow me on my social media for updates on my blogs, talks, seminars and events.