Breakfast has long been touted as the most important meal of the day, with an emphasis on choosing healthy options to power you through the day ahead. While there are certainly mistakes you want to avoid making at breakfast, incorporating your cultural foods is not one of them.
For example, a big misconception about Latin American foods is that they are largely unhealthy, because people tend to zero in on single ingredients, such as cheese or flour tortillas, versus a complete meal, says Dominican-American registered dietitian Dalina Soto.
"The wellness world frowns upon our foods because they don't understand the ingredients or flavors," Soto says. "But we combine foods, textures and flavors, and they give us the nutrients we need."
The key to enjoying foods you love is making sure you are incorporating them into a balanced meal that will fill you up and give you sustained energy.
Latina dietitians share their go-to breakfast ideas.
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