The Latina Anti-Diet: A Dietitian's Guide to Authentic Health that Celebrates Culture and Full-Flavor Living by Dalina Soto (Hardcover) (PREORDER)

Nonfiction - Health & Fitness - Diet & Nutrition - Self-Help - Eating Disorders & Body Image - Social Science - Cultural & Ethnic Studies - Caribbean & Latin American Studies 

RELEASE DATE: 3/18/2025  (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE AND ARRIVE 1-2 DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE DATE)

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.

AUTHOR BIO: 

Dalina Soto, MA, RD, LDN, is a registered dietitian. A first-generation Dominican-American, Soto lives in Philadelphia.

" 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