Nutrition Around the World: Colombian Cuisine

Nutrition Diva

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🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In the latest installment of our series on global cuisine, dietitian Sandra Arévalo joins me to talk about the nutritional aspects of traditional Colombian diets. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/healthy-eating/colombian-cuisine https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/QDTNutrition/ https://twitter.com/NutritionDiva

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nutrition Diva Podcast. I'm your host, Monica Reinagel.
0:08.6	Today's episode is the second in a series that I'm doing on the nutritional aspects of
0:12.6	different global cuisines. Last month, we talked with Dietitian Vendana Sheth about traditional
0:18.7	Indian food and diets. And today, we're going to continue our exploration of nutrition around
0:24.0	the world with a tour of Colombian cuisine. Unless you've actually spent time in Colombia
0:29.7	yourself, I think there are a few things in today's episode that are going to surprise you.
0:34.1	Joining me to talk about this is Sandra Arevalo. She's a registered dietitian nutritionist and an
0:40.8	expert on Latino culture and health. Sandra grew up in Colombia and emigrated to the United States as
0:46.6	a young adult. And she currently serves as the director of community and patient education at
0:51.4	Montefiori Naya Hospital, as well as a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
1:00.0	Welcome to the podcast, Sandra. Thanks so much for joining me today. Of course. Thank you for
1:06.2	this opportunity to talk about Colombian cuisine. So I think a lot of North Americans aren't
1:12.0	terribly familiar with Colombian cuisine. It's not one of the so-called ethnic cuisines that
1:17.8	become very widespread in the United States. So first, just give us an idea for those of us
1:23.3	who are not familiar. What are some of those characteristic hallmarks of traditional Colombian cuisine?
1:30.4	Well, first of all, let me clarify, you know, usually just for Colombia being in Latin America,
1:36.7	people have this misconception that we eat hot spicy foods, right? I think that they influx
1:44.4	of Mexico in the United States is obviously pretty high. And we don't necessarily eat spicy foods.
1:52.0	That's, you know, most of the time the first surprise that people have, Colombia food is not
1:58.4	spicy. It's very savory and flavorful, but not spicy. And another of their characteristics is
2:06.1	that in Colombia, we have a huge abundance of foods depending on the climate. So even though,
2:14.0	you know, we are near the Ecuador. Most people also think that because the country is near,
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