D.A.S.H. Diet

Yumlish: Diabetes and Multicultural Nutrition

Maria-Paula Carillo talks to us about the benefits of the D.A.S.H. diet, the foods to avoid during the diet, and how the D.A.S.H. diet can be incorporated into cultural foods. Maria-Paula also explains that while the focus of the D.A.S.H. diet is not necessarily weight loss, having this healthy lifestyle can lead to it.

Maria-Paula is a private practice dietitian and the owner of Life Cycle nutrition in Allen Texas. Day after day, she focuses on translating the science of nutrition into practical information her patients and clients can use having a family of her own Maria Paula gets satisfaction in helping individuals and families achieve their nutrition and health goals. She is passionate about her faith family, friends, food and fitness.

"It allows people to feel more comfortable to use and more friendly, but I think it also makes people realize that variety is the key; that them eating healthy, that eating lower sodium, that eating a variety of foods does not have to be as complicated as sometimes we can make it."

In this episode, you will learn:

How Maria-Paula became a registered dietitian

The benefits of the D.A.S.H. diet

What to avoid during the D.A.S.H. diet

How the diet can help those with diabetes manage their hypertension

The benefits of recipes and meal plans in the diet

The foods the diet consists of

How to incorporate unhealthy foods, cuisines and cultural foods into the diet

The focus of the diet isn't weight loss

Keynotes:

[0:40] Maria-Paula talks about how she became a registered dietitian

[2:18] The basics of the D.A.S.H. diet

[3:10] Who can benefit from the diet

[3:52] How the diet helps those with hypertension

[4:36] The research on how the D.A.S.H. diet can help those with cancer and diabetes

[6:07] The benefits of recipes and meal plans

[8:03] The individual determines the diet

[10:02] The main pillars of the D.A.S.H. diet

[11:39] The big "no-no's" to avoid

[12:18] How to incorporate a healthy perspective to unhealthy foods during the D.A.S.H. diet

[14:13] The focus of the diet isn't weight loss

[15:03] How we can incorporate ethnic foods and cuisines into the diet

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