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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!
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ALL POSTS | RECIPES | INTUITIVE EATING | JOYFUL MOVEMENT | BODY IMAGE | GENTLE NUTRITION | CULTURA
Caribbean Fruits: A Complete Guide
There are loads of Caribbean fruits and they’re all packed with nutrition. Learn the common uses, flavor, and nutrition of 15 Caribbean fruits.
5 Tips to Prevent Bingeing on Halloween Candy
All the candy present at Halloween can cause a lot of fear, especially since sugar is so demonized in society today. Learn 5 tips to make peace with candy so you can prevent bingeing and make the most of Halloween.
Mexican Vegetables: A Complete Nutrition Guide
Despite common misconceptions that Mexican food is unhealthy, Mexican cuisine is full of vegetables like peppers, onions, squash, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Learn the health benefits and uses of 17 Mexican vegetables.
What Is Fiber and What Is Its Role In Health?
Fiber is helpful for preventing and managing constipation, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Believe it or not, adding fiber doesn’t have to mean ditching your Latine cultural foods for Eurocentric ones! Our Latine dishes contain a variety of high-fiber foods including salsas, plátanos, avocado, and yuca.
Intuitive Eating for Diabetes: An In-Depth Guide
Despite many people thinking they have to adopt a restrictive mindset around carbs to manage diabetes, intuitive eating is a viable, research-backed option. Learn how you can use intuitive eating to manage your diabetes without harsh food rules.
What to Eat When You Don't Know What to Eat: 60 meal ideas
Not knowing what to eat happens to all of us, yet we need regular meals to feel good and stay energized. Learn 3 ways to navigate this, plus 60 meal ideas.
Hungry But Nothing Sounds Good? Here's why and what to do about it.
Experiencing hunger without an appetite can happen for a variety of reasons, from depression to a nutrient deficiency and more. Learn six reasons why this happens and dietitian-approved tips for what to eat when it does.
The 5 Best Books About Emotional Eating
These days, emotional eating is all over the media. Diet culture has portrayed it as something shameful and to avoid when in reality, we eat for many reasons, one reason being our emotions! Learn whether emotional eating is something to be concerned about, and the 5 best books about emotional eating.
What is Gentle Nutrition? Plus 3 Tips to Get Started
If you’re familiar with intuitive eating, then you know that honoring your health with gentle nutrition is the final principle. Here at Your Latina Nutrition we like to incorporate positive nutrition. That means rather than diet culture’s restrictive rules about what you should or shouldn’t eat, we focus on how you can add nutrition to promote your health.
Learn what gentle nutrition is, who could benefit from it, and three tips to get started.
Can I Manage My High Cholesterol With Intuitive Eating?
When beginning your intuitive eating journey, it’s normal to have a lot of doubts and questions. One I hear often is how to manage a chronic health condition with intuitive eating. You might wonder, how can I stop dieting if I need to adopt certain eating patterns to manage this condition? High cholesterol is a common concern in our Latinx community so in this blog, we’ll talk about what high cholesterol is and how intuitive eating can help!
Food Habituation: The Case for Eating Whatever You Want
Have you ever avoided keeping a specific food in the house out of fear you’ll eat the whole package in one sitting? Many people avoid keeping chips, cake, cookies, or ice cream around for this very reason.
But what if I told you that keeping these foods around could actually heal your relationship with them?
We think the issue is the food itself and that the solution is simply to avoid it. We end up depriving ourselves of foods we really enjoy! Or we don’t give ourselves the chance to neutrally observe whether or not we even like the food. Food habituation can help.
How to Use the Hunger Fullness Scale for Intuitive Eating
With the prevalence of diet culture in our society, it’s no wonder so many people feel disconnected from their hunger and fullness cues. According to the CDC, as of 2013-2016, about half of Americans reported trying to lose weight in the last 12 months. And the majority of people reported eating less food to do so.
When you’re ready to ditch diets and embrace a healthier relationship to food and your body, one step can be relearning to honor your body’s hunger and fullness cues. That’s where the hunger fullness scale comes into play.
Obsessed with food? Here's why and how to stop
Food obsession is something many people worry about and want to overcome. If you’re dieting or trying to control your weight, you may have tried limiting your access to the foods you find yourself obsessing over, especially if these are foods you’ve deemed “unhealthy” like sweets and simple carbs. But is this actually helpful or is it harmful? Learn what causes food obsession and how to overcome it.
Black Beans vs. Pinto Beans: A Complete Nutrition Guide
If you’re Latine or if you’ve been to a Latin American restaurant, then you know that black and pinto beans are culturally prevalent in Latin America. We love our beans, and these are two of the most common types we eat. But you may wonder how they differ and if one is better for health. Here, we share the key differences and similarities between black and pinto beans.
Is Corn Good for Diabetes? An In-Depth Guide
Corn is a Latine food staple, especially in Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, and Colombian cuisine. It forms the basis for foods like arepas, tortillas, and tamales. With our Latine community facing relatively high rates of diabetes, you may wonder whether corn is part of a healthy diet for diabetes.
What Are The Social Determinants of Health?
The social determinants of health account for systemic factors—those outside of people’s control—that impact health. Learn what these factors are and how they impact health.
Is MSG Really Bad For Me?
Many associate MSG with harmful effects on health; however, this association isn’t backed by research. In fact, it’s rooted in xenophobia and racism. Learn MSG’s effects on health and how it got such a bad rap.
Is White Rice Nutritious?
White rice is a cultural food staple and forms the foundation of so many beloved Latine dishes. However, you may have been told by doctors or by the mainstream media that white rice is nutritionally inferior to brown rice. Learn the health benefits of white rice and how it compares to brown rice.
Are Beans Nutritious?
Beans are a good source of carbs, fiber, protein, and micronutrients. Learn more about their nutrition, plus the research-backed benefits of eating beans.
Are Plátanos Nutritious?
Plátanos (or plantains) are a cultural food staple in Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of South America, but many Latines might wonder if they’re healthy. Learn the nutrition facts of yellow vs green plantains and their health benefits.