5 Best Health Tips for Women of Color

NBC News has a new series called [Know Your Value] that focuses women’s empowerment, and I spoke to them about some of the specific health risks faced by Women of Color, and about healthier ways to make your favorite food.

Nutritionist and dietician Maya Feller is on a mission to bring those numbers down. Founder of Maya Feller Nutrition, she specializes in risk reduction and management of diet-related chronic illnesses. Her first cookbook, which comes out in October, is called “The Southern Comfort Food Diabetes Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes for a Healthy Life.”

“Most Americans are regularly and consistently eating fast and processed foods at such a clip that has negative, negative health outcomes,” said Feller told NBC News health editor Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom. “So it’s really about scaling back. It’s about looking for items that are lower in sodium … It’s about changing the proportion.”