Hello everyone, this is Monica Reinagle and you're listening to the Nutrition Diva podcast.

Today I have the fourth in a series of episodes I've been doing in which we've been talking

to nutrition professionals from around the world about their culture's traditional cuisine.

So if you missed them, you definitely want to check out our previous episodes on traditional

Indian, Colombian and Japanese food and culture and thanks to all of you who have written

in to suggest other countries and cuisines you'd like to explore.

For example, Katie wrote, I'm loving your series on the nutrition of different traditional

cuisines around the world and I'd love to learn more about Filipino cuisine.

I lived in the Philippines for about a year and I fell in love with the food and I'm curious

as to which parts of a traditional Filipino diet are healthy and which might be modified

to make them more nutritious.

Well, thanks for that suggestion Katie and joining me today to talk about Filipino culture

and cuisine is Levin Dodamas. Levin was born in the Philippines and now lives in the United

States and although he originally planned to study nursing, he told me he was so fascinated

by the coursework on biochemistry that he eventually switched paths to study nutrition instead.

And Levin is now completed his master's degree in nutrition and he's currently completing

his dietetic internship which will eventually result in his becoming a registered dietitian

nutritionist.

Welcome to the podcast, Levin.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Thank you for having me and letting me talk to the world about Filipino food.

Yes, I've been looking forward to our conversation because I think that for a lot of people, Filipino

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