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When Cornelia Baciu\u2019s Emirati husband Hazim Aljaabari was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2016, she went very, very deep in finding ways to help him.\u00a0<\/span>COPD is a progressive disease with no cure, and Aljaabari was in the third of four stages. At one point he had to spend three weeks at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was sweating, shaking, I felt so tired and couldn\u2019t move, as I was so weak. I can\u2019t imagine how hard it must have been for my wife, my son and my family,\u201d he is recorded saying on the hospital’s website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Baciu says she and Aljaabari were overweight \u201ccouch potatoes, meat-eating, cheese-eating rodents\u201d before his diagnosis, she soon found herself searching for the best diets to manage his COPD. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a really difficult situation for us,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a life-threatening disease. If you don\u2019t manage it, it progresses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 39-year-old Romanian, who has a background in the military, languages, communication, illustration and design and who came to the UAE 11 years ago to study Arabic, \u00a0stumbled upon a plant-based nutrition certificate program from Cornell University and decided to go for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cornelia Baciu and her husband Hazim Aljaabari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe moment they sent me my diploma, that day was the day I told him, ‘Okay we have to try this,’\u201d she says. \u201cWe went full vegan <\/a><\/span>\u2013 no animal products. He said, \u2018Okay, I will do it.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Eight months later, Aljaabari accomplished the unexpected: his condition stabilized. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHis doctors were surprised the disease was actually stagnating, it was not progressing,\u201d she says. \u201cThat convinced me for sure that this was the way to go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Aljaabari describes how he feels now as a \u201cmiracle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful just to walk around, enjoy the greenery. It\u2019s calm, it\u2019s relaxing,\u201d he says. \u201cMy lung capacity hasn\u2019t deteriorated, which is amazing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While Aljaabari dropped 12 kilograms on the diet, Baciu went on to lose 32kgs and develop a passion for exercise \u2013 she\u2019s even on her way to becoming a yoga teacher and a Zumba instructor. She also reversed a number of her own health concerns, and is no longer contending with high cholesterol, fatty liver and gallbladder issues. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow everything is perfect,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Cornelia Baciu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And she didn\u2019t stop with the Cornell course. She followed up by earning a micro-masters (macronutrients and overnutrition, micronutrients and malnutrition, food risks) from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. She became a certified vegan chef and vegan pastry chef after studying for eight months with the American Culinary Institute. <\/span><\/p>\n

Baciu knew she was onto something when she served her husband’s meat-loving family a vegan feast. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI organized a small house party. I invited family and friends — of course, all big meat eaters,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I told them, they said, \u2018Vegan? Really?\u2019 I said, “If you don\u2019t like it, I have Lebanese Flower on speed dial,\u201d referring to the local restaurant that offers takeouts and delivery orders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Baciu has come up with some pretty delicious sweet treats<\/a> and inventive twists on Middle Eastern favorites: think an \u201cegg\u201d made out of tahini, beetroot and hummus (pictured above); cashew lebnah; and tahini cauliflower ice cream. With her artistic background, her creations are a feast for the eyes, too: colorful and meticulously styled.<\/span><\/p>\n

She\u2019s already preparing a cookbook, envisioning a modernist approach to Middle Eastern cuisine that she hopes will show a society of meat-eaters the fun side of veganism. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s changing the perception, that you can have social gatherings you will not be sad [at missing out on the food]. You will not miss anything,\u201d she says. \u201cYou will actually have a much more interesting culinary experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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