89: A New Vision for Healthy Eating in 2021 with Maya Feller, MS, RD

<p>Today’s show covers many different aspects of food nutrition. We are honing in on a new vision for healthy eating in 2021. Join us!</p> <p>Maya Feller is a registered dietitian and nutritionist from <a href= "http://www.mayafellernutrition.com.">www.mayafellernutrition.com.</a> She is a nationally recognized nutrition expert and author of The Southern Comfort Food Diabetes Cookbook, which features over 100 healthy and delicious recipes. As if her life isn’t busy enough, Maya also works as an adjunct professor at NYU. She joins me today with approachable nutrition solutions and a new perspective on how all of us can eat a healthy diet during the pandemic and beyond.</p> <p>What you won’t hear today are diet prescriptions, strict rules, and weight loss advice. Instead, we’re looking at nutrition through a slightly different lens. We will discuss how systemic racism drives inequities in healthcare, access to healthy foods, and healthy outcomes, along with what we can do to right those wrongs and improve the health of all communities. Get ready to be empowered! Maya also explains why there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to healthy eating, and why a new emphasis on embracing and celebrating your cultural food ways can lead to better eating and better health. If your family is like a lot of families out there, where everyone has a different food preference and different food priority, Maya explains how you can still get one meal on the table that everyone will happily eat.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Maya’s life in Brooklyn with her husband, two children, and pets; she’s busy working from home and managing the kids’ remote schoolwork</li> <li>Why Maya’s work and website focus on helping people reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases and helping those who have them (diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc.)</li> <li>Why the representatives we elect into office and existing laws impact our access to