Deborah Chud is a graduate of Harvard College and Boston University School of Medicine. For a number of years, she was a medical educator and member of the faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine. Subsequently, she served as a consultant to Eicotech Corporation and ZonePerfect Nutrition Corporation where she contributed as medical editor, food columnist, and cookbook reviewer. Her cookbook, The Gourmet Prescription, was published in 1999, and she currently serves as food columnist for Radius Magazine, a lifestyle quarterly devoted to health and wellness that circulates to 100,000 physicians and waiting rooms throughout the country. She lives in the Boston area with her husband.