Throwback: Challenging Diet Culture as a Latina Dietitian w/ Zariel Grullon

The Up-Beet Dietitians

Hannah and Emily are taking a quick break before season 8 premiers on February 21st. In the meantime, enjoy some of their favorite throwback episodes. In this episode of The Up-Beet Dietitians podcast, Emily and Hannah are joined by dietitian Zariel Grullon. Zariel shares her invaluable knowledge of how being a latina dietitian has affected their experience in the dietetics space and in the diet culture space. Zariel discusses the importance of cultural inclusivity and culture’s impact on nutrition. They also break down common myths about latina culture and its food like “is white rice bad?” Be sure to tune into this week’s episode to learn more!

Zariel is a first generation Dominican American raised in Jersey living in the Bronx. When she’s not working at her outpatient clinic job, you can find her playing with her dog Tuna and running Love your Chichos (chee-chos), a platform focused on empowering comadres to embrace food freedom by ditching la dieta and loving themselves, inside and out.

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Zariel Grullon

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