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Boost and Sustain Your Dancer’s Energy Levels

March 14, 2015 by Nina Leave a Comment

Boost and Sustain Your Dancer’s Energy Levels

In a recent guest post, Leora Amir shared her advice on how to boost and maintain the energy levels of your dancin’ son. I then interviewed her on this topic so we could go into more detail. Your dancer is an athlete. All athletes need energy to attain peak performance. Without energy, your son can’t […]

Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, Raising a Male Dancer Tagged With: Ballet, dance, energy levels, health for dancers, nutrition for dancers, supplementation, Usana and Dancers

How to Maintain Your Dancer’s Energy Level

March 3, 2015 by Nina 6 Comments

How to Maintain Your Dancer’s Energy Level

Serious dancers are athletes challenged to have high levels of energy for prolonged periods of time. Dancers are often over-scheduled, have stressful lives, and suffer from a lack of quality sleep and poor eating habits. These factors lower energy levels. Fatigue breaks us down physically and emotionally, and it wreaks havoc on the immune system. […]

Filed Under: Dancer's Health, Health and Nutrition Tagged With: Ballet, dance, dancer's health, energy levels, health, Nutrition

Keeping Your Kids Hydrated During Summer Dance Classes

July 6, 2010 by Nina Leave a Comment

Keeping Your Kids Hydrated During Summer Dance Classes

The kids were off yesterday for the Fourth of July. Good think because it got hot, and it is going to stay hot until Thursday or Friday. Really hot–98 or 100 and humid. Yuck. If your son is dancing somewhere where it’s hot this summer, remind him to hydrate well. Water is great, of course, […]

Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, summer dance programs Tagged With: dancing in hot weather, staying hydrated, summer intensives

The Nutrition Needs of Serious Dancers: How to Stay Healthy, Strong and in Peak Performance Shape (Part 2)

May 17, 2010 by Nina 1 Comment

The Nutrition Needs of Serious Dancers: How to Stay Healthy, Strong and in Peak Performance Shape (Part 2)

I have a very difficult time feeding Julian foods that give him what he needs to perform well during peak times of dance activity. In fact, I have trouble feeding him correctly even during normal rehearsals. I know the value of giving him proteins over carbohydrates, for instance, but I’m not always around after school […]

Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, Resources Tagged With: catabolic hormones, cellular nutrition, Dr. Karen Wolfe, fats, glucose, glucose loading, good proteins, low-glycemic carbohydrates, Nutrition, protien, Usana

The Nutrition Needs of Serious Dancers: How to Stay Healthy, Strong and in Peak Performance Shape (Part 1)

May 13, 2010 by ninaamir 2 Comments

When I first considered giving Julian high-quality vitamins in an effort to keep him healthy, I really didn’t think about the fact that the amount of dancing he did each week could be contributing to his health. Normally we think exercise makes our children healthy. However, too much exercise without the right nutrition can actually […]

Filed Under: Health and Nutrition, illness, performance Tagged With: aerobics, antioxidants, cellular nutrition, Dr. Karen Wolfe, exercise, fish oils, fitness, free radicals, Glucosamine, health, immune system, micronutrients, Overtraining Syndrome, Usana, vitamins

Keeping Your Dancer Healthy During Intense Periods of Activity

May 9, 2010 by ninaamir 2 Comments

With the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive fast approaching, I’ve begun thinking about how to keep Julian healthy for seven weeks. We stay in the city for an extra week so he can dance at the great studios there for another six or seven days after the intensive ends. So, I thought I’d posts information […]

Filed Under: dance injuries, Health and Nutrition, illness Tagged With: health, herbs, illness, immune system, Usana, vitamins

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