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In the Your Latina Nutrition blog, we help you learn to nourish & respect your body without harsh food rules, overcome cycles of bingeing and restriction, and embrace your here-and-now body.

You can do this all while keeping your cultural foods alive & adopting health-promoting behaviors.

Enjoy our research-backed articles written by registered dietitians Isabel and Dalina!

3 Tips for Eating Out From an Anti-Diet Dietitian
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3 Tips for Eating Out From an Anti-Diet Dietitian

Eating out has become pretty demonized by our society. In non-covid times, this is one way the diet mentality negatively impacts our social lives. We may be restricted in ways that prevent us from socializing when there’s food involved. Or if we do attend a gathering with food, we may be totally preoccupied with the food and not present with our companions. Whether you’ve been dining out or have been sticking with takeout for the past year, maybe you’ve experienced stress or other uncomfortable emotions surrounding eating out.

Here are 3 tips to manage eating out from an intuitive eating mindset

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Body Checking: What It Is and How to Stop
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Body Checking: What It Is and How to Stop

Looking in the mirror to see how your outfit looks, weighing yourself every few months, or checking your teeth for lettuce are all normal behaviors. We all check our bodies to some extent! However, body checking can wreak havoc on your mental health when it becomes obsessive or compulsive. Learn what body checking is, why it’s harmful, and how to stop.

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Having a Bad Body Image Day? Here's 10 Tips
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Having a Bad Body Image Day? Here's 10 Tips

Having a bad body image day is normal and doesn’t mean your relationship with your body is doomed. Whether you’re in eating disorder or disordered eating recovery, dealing with decades of body dissatisfaction, or simply a human in this world where it can be so hard to love your body, you are not alone.

Learn 10 tips to care for yourself on bad body image days.

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What You Need To Know About Weight Stigma
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What You Need To Know About Weight Stigma

Studies have shown that healthcare providers are some of the worst perpetrators of weight stigma.

For example, one study including 122 physicians found that the physicians were more likely to prescribe more tests to, spend less time with, and have negative views about heavier patients.

Another study found that among dietetic students and professionals, negative attitudes about higher weight patients were extremely prevalent.

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Learn To Trust Your Body With These 5 Tips
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Learn To Trust Your Body With These 5 Tips

Trusting your body can be a tough feat in today’s world. In a society that has told us that we need tips to dull our hunger, diet plans to control our eating, and exercise plans to manage our weight, it’s no wonder so many people don’t trust their bodies. But having mutual trust with your body can be an empowering experience. Learn five tips to renew trust in your body.

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50 Positive Affirmations for Body Image
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50 Positive Affirmations for Body Image

Everyone wants to have a good relationship with their body, yet most people struggle with this. With the constant bombardment of messaging about the “ideal” body from the media, it makes sense that many of us would struggle to have a positive body image. Affirmations may help cultivate a better body image.

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What is Set Point Weight Theory?
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What is Set Point Weight Theory?

Weight set point theory explains why different people’s bodies gravitate towards different weight ranges, even if they all eat the same and workout the same. Learn whether your set point weight range can change and how to know your weight set point.

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