#011: Swatting Away the Negative Thoughts and Critiques About our Bodies with Dalina Soto

Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, a bilingual registered dietitian at Your Latina Nutritionist joins Nia Patterson this week on the eleventh episode of the podcast. We talk about Dalina's experience with body image after the birth of her first child and developing stretch marks on her body. She talks about her life growing up within the Dominican cultural frame. We talk about different ways that we have encountered racism in the world. Then we move on to discuss how she became a dietitian and how she works with Latinx communities to stop dieting. Join us as we talk about racism, body image, education, and swatting away negative thoughts.

Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, is founder and bilingual registered dietitian at Your Latina Nutritionist. Throughout her career, Dalina has worked in the Latinx community as one of the only Spanish Speaking RDs helping clients ditch diets. Through instagram she has been able to expand and reach Latinas all over the world and has helped them ditch the diets and practice body respect.

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