The Latina AntiDiet, Dalina Soto
The Latina AntiDiet, Dalina Soto
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The Latina Anti-Diet
A Dietitian's Guide to Authentic Health that Celebrates Culture and Full-Flavor Living

Author: Dalina Soto

Narrator: Dalina Soto

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Break away from diet culture while still honoring your body and incorporating cultural foods in this fresh, expansive guide from the registered dietitian and creator of Your Latina Nutritionist.

“Witty and warm, The Latina Anti-Diet is the perfect way to begin to heal your relationship with food and by proxy your body.”—Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism

Diet culture is facing a reckoning, and intuitive eating has been leading the charge. The movement has taken the internet by storm, encouraging us to stop dieting and make food choices that feel good for our bodies rather than follow influencers and their shakes.

But intuitive eating is missing a key ingredient: culture. Like many movements, intuitive eating has become co-opted by a select few—placing the focus on “mainstream” food while discounting cultural cuisines. But how can we gain a healthy attitude toward food when our foods—our arroz, habichuelas, and plátanos—are left out of the conversation?

Dalina Soto is here to add them back to our plates.

As a registered dietitian, Soto understands the pros and cons of intuitive eating. As a first-generation Dominican American, she’s also seen firsthand how this movement has only catered to a certain demographic. With her easy-to-follow CHULA method, Soto teaches us how to

• Challenge negative thoughts
• Honor our bodies and health
• Understand our needs
• Listen to our hunger
• Acknowledge our emotions

She gives us tools to confront diet culture and the whitewashing of food so we can go back to eating what we love while managing our health.

Engaging and incisive, The Latina Anti-Diet is for everyone who’s been told to lay off the tortillas and swap their white rice for brown. Soto shows us that food is so much more than calories; it’s about celebrating our culture and living a life full of flavor.

* This audiobook edition includes helpful charts and information from the book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trisha on February 01, 2025

I thought this was a cookbook but it's not - it's amazing resource for unlearning some poor information we've been fed about health and relearning intuitive eating and to stop fearing food. This was a great, quick read. I liked the stories between the information. It added a nice touch to the dense i......more

Goodreads review by Gema on April 17, 2025

Amazing informative read that at times had me in my feels. Thank you for writing this for our community Dalina.......more

Goodreads review by Madelyn on January 08, 2025

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an early copy of this book! The author, Dalina Soto, truly wrote an incredibly moving and engaging piece. Once I started, I could not put this book down. When I read the description of this book, I knew I had to read it. As a plus size woman who grew up in a......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on March 12, 2025

Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for a cooy of this in earc form in exchange for an honest review! I am a proud Latina. Puerto Rican if you want to be exact. I was born and raised in New York City. This really hit home as I read this. As Latina, I witnessed so much about food and weight - beca......more

Goodreads review by Hollie on March 08, 2025

If you’re starting your journey to heal your relationship with food this is a great introduction. I’ve been following Dalina on social media for a while and have always loved her way of being upfront, realistic, and encouraging. This book is her gift to her community. There is so much factual inform......more


Quotes

The Latina Anti-Diet embraces the culinary bedrock of Latine culture while subverting food myths with facts. Dalina Soto rejects the misinformation fed to us by majority culture’s obsession with thinness and instead fills us with nourishing honesty and humor.”—Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award–winning author of The Poet X

“Soto gives us something rarely found today: culturally sensitive dietary advice that is relevant, accessible, and fun to read. She doesn’t shy away from hard issues and deftly addresses the impact of race and racism on how we eat.”—Mikki Kendall, New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism

“Soto covers the gamut of dieting myths and welcomes our cultural dishes into the anti-diet conversation. I am in awe of how much research and work is in this book, yet it still feels so warm and inviting.”—Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts

The Latina Anti-Diet is a master class in full-flavored living. It acknowledges that nutritional barriers for Latinx communities extend beyond our plates and asks us to reframe what we have been taught about our cultural foods—not to exclude, ignore, or shame them, but to recognize them as essential, present and worthy of celebration.”—Elisabet Velasquez, poet and author of When We Make It

The Latina Anti-Diet explores the history of diet culture and its impact on us all, and then guides us through sustainable ways to nourish the body according to needs. This is a great resource for anyone who has struggled with endless dieting and been told their cultural foods are not good enough.”—Shana Minei Spence, registered dietitian and author of Live Nourished

“[Dalina] Soto delivers an empowering resource by taking a new, cultural approach to healthy eating. . . . By blending professional expertise and a celebration of cultural heritage, Soto inspires readers to embrace full-flavor living and redefine food as a source of joy and nourishment. This must-read is perfect for anyone seeking to heal their relationship with food while honoring authenticity and well-being.”Booklist

“Centering culture and personal identity as a pivotal part of intuitive eating brings this practice to another level. Soto has created a roadmap that encourages agency and pride around nourishment and eating while dismantling harmful age-old weight-centric recommendations.”—Maya Feller, registered dietitian and author of Eating from Our Roots

“Dalina Soto is one of my all time favorites, a staunch advocate for culturally inclusive approaches to health and nutrition. This is her fantastic debut, dedicated to ‘everyone who’s been told to lay off the tortillas and swap their white rice for brown,’ because ‘food is so much more than calories; it’s about celebrating our culture and living a life full of flavor.’”—Vanessa Diaz, Book Riot