Podcast Episode 197: Empowering Latinos through Inclusive Nutrition Counseling — Krista Linares

This episode is sponsored by Fresh Avocados – Love One Today® and we thank them for their support of the podcast. Love One Today® is a leading source of the healthiest reasons and tastiest ways to enjoy fresh avocados. A science-based resource, it provides turnkey solutions that make it easy for health professionals to stay on top of the latest research and confidently recommend avocados.

Krista Linares is a spokesperson for Love One Today®.

Empowering Latinos through Inclusive Nutrition Counseling

In this episode we take a deep dive into the Latino culture, getting a better understanding of the Latino community’s values, traditional foods, and meals. We also explore culturally driven ideologies about weight and strategies to help clients successfully manage their blood sugar. We discuss building nourishing, satisfying meals using traditional Latin ingredients with a focus on overall wellness that is inclusive of a healthy weight while also supportive of a positive body image.

I find that celebrating Latin food helps my clients feel more comfortable and more empowered. A really important factor in the success of a health intervention is a client feeling like they are capable of making change. So, when a client doesn’t feel like they have to leave behind their food culture to make changes, they feel like it’s more doable.”

Tune in to this podcast to learn about:

1. Integrating current research about fresh avocados to inform evidence-based guidance in practice.
2. Practical and actionable ways to incorporate fresh avocados into culturally appropriate meals and snacks that support a balanced dietary pattern.
3. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity, including risk factors for these chronic diseases, specific to Hispanic/Latino Americans.
4. Strategies to effectively counsel Latino patients and clients to improve cross-cultural patient care.

Celebrate healthy foods authentic to a traditional Latino diet that deliver important nutrients and support healthy living goals. Families can more easily embrace and sustain new or modified eating patterns when they are based on familiar ingredients already part of their culinary traditions.”

Krista Linares, MPH, RDN

Krista Linares is a registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in serving the nutrition needs of the Latino community especially when it comes to education about type 2 diabetes management and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Through her private practice, Nutrition con Sabor, she strives to see Latino health professionals better represented in the nutrition and wellness world, promote health equity, and share culturally relevant and accessible nutrition advice for her Latino clients. Her work focuses on dispelling myths and sharing information about Latin culture and cuisine and, most importantly, empowering Latinos to incorporate their traditional foods and ingredients into a balanced meal pattern for both emotional and physical nourishment.

Krista has contributed her expertise to national media outlets such as Prevention.com, Well+Good, and Everyday Health. When she’s not running her nutrition business, Krista spends her time dancing, going for long walks around the city and reading mystery novels.

My approach to nutrition counseling focuses on celebrating healthy foods authentic to a traditional Latino diet, debunking nutrition myths with science-based evidence, and sharing lots of inspiration with easy-to-prepare recipes.”

Resources:

• Postprandial Gut Hormone Responses To Hass Avocado Meals and Their Association With Visual Analog Scores in Overweight Adults: A Randomized 3 × 3 Crossover Trial*
• A Randomized 3×3 Crossover Study to Evaluate the Effect of Hass Avocado Intake on Post Ingestive Satiety, Glucose and Insulin Levels, and Subsequent Energy Intake in Overweight Adults*
• Avocado Fruit on Postprandial Markers of Cardio-metabolic Risk: A Randomized Controlled Dose Response Trial in Overweight and Obese Men and Women*
• The Dish on Avocados and Type 2 Diabetes
• 5 Fresh Avocado Recipes to Get Out of the At-Home Snacking Slumps (English or Spanish)
• The Plate Method for Type 2 Diabetes Management, A Visual Guide to Meal Planning (English)
• The Plate Method for Type 2 Diabetes Management, A Visual Guide to Meal Planning (Spanish)
• Research for Health Professionals
• LAHIDAN Cultural Competency Resources
• Saborea Uno Hoy

*These studies were supported by the Avocado Nutrition Center as part of the Love One Today® education program.

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Cultural Humility & Health Literacy – episode #181 with Lorena Drago

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