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    Why honoring your hunger cues is essential.

    hunger cues

    Why honoring your hunger cues is essential… Do you recognize feelings of hunger? How do you respond? If you’ve gotten into the habit of ignoring your feelings of hunger or intentionally under-eating when they come up, it’s time to tune

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    Jess Spinner August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Food Specifics and Recipes, Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more

    Why Healthy Fat won’t make you Fat

    Why Healthy Fat won’t make you Fat

    The Missing Macro say yes to healthy fat Protein, Carbohydrates and Fat are essential Macronutrients. Your body needs them (all of them) to function. Even with the popularity of higher protein and fat diets, dancers tend to be somewhat fat

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    Jess Spinner June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Food Specifics and Recipes, Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more

    Analyzing the nutrition label.

    Analyzing the nutrition label.

    The Info that Matters The Nutrition Label is worth discussing… As much as I preach about eating whole foods – fruit, vegetables, nuts, beans, seeds, avocado, maybe some lean meats and fish, I know dancer’s will end up eating some

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    Jess Spinner June 12, 2020June 25, 2020 Food Specifics and Recipes No Comments Read more

    Nutrition for Dancers: What you really need to know

    Nutrition for Dancers: What you really need to know

    Nutrition for Dancers is an important topic but you don’t have to be an expert in nutrition to reach your personal best body. Hopefully you find that reassuring.

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    Jess Spinner May 9, 2020 Food Specifics and Recipes, Health Opinions in Dance 1 Comment Read more

    Avoiding Extremes in Healthy Eating

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    The ballerina mindset, naturally can be a bit extreme. You’re conditioned to be that way and even taught that it’s necessary for success in this art. If you want to be the best you’ve got to give it all, all

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    Jess Spinner January 16, 2020January 17, 2020 Food Specifics and Recipes, Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more

    Yes, Breakfast is that important.

    breakfast for dancers

    Yes, Breakfast is that important. “The most important meal of the day.”  “Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of your milk.” Michael Pollan “It is more important to eat some carbohydrates at breakfast, because the brain needs fuel

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    Jess Spinner February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 Food Specifics and Recipes, Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more

    One Dancer’s Experience with The Whole 30

    One Dancer’s Experience with The Whole 30

    One Whole Dancer on The Whole30 Guest post by Lydia Clinton Jess posted a video about the Whole30 back in October which coincidentally was when I was right in the middle of trying it! I’d heard of Whole30 when my

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    Jess Spinner February 21, 2019February 20, 2019 Food Specifics and Recipes, Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more

    An easy, energy-packed snack for Audition Season

    Tamara Grimmer

    Recipe by Dancer Tamara Grimmer The following recipe is a great snack for between training for instant energy or just as a healthy snack alternative to chips, chocolate and so on… 😉 You can add also other dried fruits such

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    Jess Spinner January 24, 2019January 16, 2019 Food Specifics and Recipes No Comments Read more

    Vegan Lori’s “Peppermint Cinnamon Bars”

    Vegan Lori’s “Peppermint Cinnamon Bars”

    When an instagram food account is both deliciously mouth watering and healthy, it’s definitely worth following. If you follow Lori Hernandez’s account @vegan.lori you’ve likely found some major plant based inspiration. We reached out to Lori to ask for a

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    Jess Spinner December 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Food Specifics and Recipes No Comments Read more

    Protein + Health Bar Review

    Protein + Health Bar Review

    Health Bar Review Health Bars, Protein Bars, Snack Bars are easy snacks to throw into your dance bag to give you fast easy fuel to dance. Dancers are constantly on the go and don’t always have time to home-make rehearsal

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    Jess Spinner November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Food Specifics and Recipes 1 Comment Read more
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