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I spent years as a young dietitian trying to convince people to switch from white rice to brown rice because I was told that brown rice was healthier - with more fiber and less refined carbs.

But what happens when a healthy eating recommendation goes against you're cultural values with food?

What happens when you've been taught that white rice is the staple of every meal - to the point that you know you're in a house of "your people" because you smell white rice cooking or see the ever-glowing red light of the rice cooker beaming out from the kitchen?

My guest is Tara Rivera MS, a fellow un-diet nutritionist, and mental health advocate who specializes in helping women of color return to their cultural roots with food and their bodies. 

Here's what you'll get from our conversation:

• Hear Tara's definition of decolonizing food and body, what that means to her personally, and why she's passionate about helping other women in midlife do the same.
• How colonialism's influence on food and the definition of healthy eating has contributed to disordered eating and eating disorders among women of color.
• Finally, Tara share's her advice on what women in midlife can do to help themselves reconnect with their cultural foods and nourish their bodies without guilt or shame. 

Tara is a Certified Nutritionist empowering Filipinx/a and Latinx/a to break from diet culture and colonial mentality around food and body image and re-engage with their culture food traditions guilt-free.

While currently obtaining her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, she also works as a Counselor at an eating disorder residential treatment center.

Tara commits to bringing a sense of cultural humility when working with clients. Her nutrition counseling approach is informed by the principles of Intuitive Eating, body acceptance, and Health At Every Size®

As the third episode in our eating disorders in midlife awareness series, this episode paints a brilliant picture of how staying true to your roots with food and body will also help you create a positive healing relationship with food, your body, and your health.

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