Latino food recipes can help create a more healthier lifestyle than what the fast-food restaurants and processed foods offer. The lifestyle of Latinos in their homeland includes natural grown fruits, vegetables as well as other food ingredients from their own, or nearby, farmlands. They do not have to worry about their food being processed, as it is in the United States, and becoming obese, overweight or developing other health risks.
Because of the processed foods that the United States offers its residents, diabetes, cancer, stroke, and heart disease are some of these health risks that people tend to face. Esther Marshman, a Latino resident located in Salinas, California, mentioned having developed diabetes after moving down from Mexico. She has started her own restaurant in California, where not only Latinos can enjoy of their healthy diet, but Americans as well.
The healthy ingredients of a Latino recipe can be seen in the 1996 Latin American Diet Pyramid. This tells how many grains, fruits, and physical exercise, among other things, a person needs to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Esther mentions that changing diets from French-fries and greasy, processed foods to a Latino one would benefit in the long-run. Substituting certain foods to more natural flavored foods can reduce a person's health-related risks. Two recommendations are: switch corn tortillas to flour tortillas and fattier, refried beans to whole beans. And the common: switch from processed, artificial flavored ingredients to organic ones and begin enjoying a Latino dish!
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Wow! I was very surprised to read that hispanic food is actually healthier than American food. I guess I just always thought it was the other way around because like American dishes, Hispanic dishes are very big portions! Good to know though, thanks Kathleen!
Cool stuff! I knew it was healthier because I noticed the BIG difference in people's weight when we went over to Guatemala not too long ago. It is true Karen, that people eat bigger portions and more frequently in Hispanic cultures but it is also true that the food consumed has less preservatives and other non-healthy chemicals in it.
I'm glad you posted a blog about this because this way more non-Hispanics know they have an excuse, at least, to eat healthier if they've never tried Hispanic food before.
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