Our Story
It all started with a walk and an idea. Dr. Minal Moharir and Dr. Latha Palaniappan thought up Nourish while walking around Stanford's campus. The rest is history.
Food is an integral part of the API identity. Yet, API individuals often feel the need to abandon their beloved cultural foods in order to improve their health. In the end, this often leads to unsustainable lifestyle changes and self-doubt. This phenomenon must end.
Nourish's mission is to create free, culturally tailored resources to educate API individuals about refined carbohydrates and exemplify traditional dishes that will help them reach their health goals. Unlike any other project of its kind, the Nourish team puts out culturally tailored resources for Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese individuals.
Nourish's approach to food is simple: reduce refined carbohydrates, promote balanced meals, and maintain the taste, texture, and familiarity of foods that API communities love.
Our focus is to connect with more chefs, organizations, visionaries in a wide range of industries, and — of course — members of our API communities. Together, we believe we can revolutionize the future of Asian health.
Our Food Philosophy
Nourish's approach to food is simple:
- reduce refined carbohydrates;
- promote balanced meals; and
- maintain the taste, texture, and familiarity of foods that API communities love.
We believe in eating nutritionally balanced meals that are satisfying and sustainable in the long term. To achieve this, we develop carbohydrate-consistent recipes that contain 45g to 60g of carbohydrates per meal and 15g of carbohydrates per snack.
In addition, to help promote cardiovascular and renal functions, all of Nourish's proprietary recipes are under 600mg of sodium, 20g of fat, and 30g of protein per person per meal.
Everyone has different nutrient needs. We create tips and recipes as general starting points. Please discuss with your healthcare provider to adjust tips and recipes for your individual needs and health goals.
The Plate Method
For readers who want a simple way to eat more balanced meals, we suggest the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Diabetes Plate Method. This method encourages balanced meals without the stress of calculating macronutrients. This figure (and our logo!) can help you remember the Plate Method's proportions.