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Autumn Dinner Hack: Potato Boats

September 29, 2019 By Rachel Fine

Despite this reputation, potatoes offer an impressive nutritional resume. Potatoes pack a multitude of vitamins and minerals including phosphorus, potassium, vitamin C, and B vitamins. Another benefit and perhaps the most appealing when compared to other starches are potatoes’ content of resistant starch. Resistant starch is a specific type of fiber found only in certain plant foods like legumes and grains.

Breaking Food Rules | How Do I Start?

September 23, 2019 By Rachel Fine

In regards to Intuitive Eating, which encompasses a non-diet approach to food, I hear a misconception lingering around social media. My urge to address this stems from my hope to stop the fear mongering that is lurking around this non-diet approach to living.

Raise A Healthy Dancer

September 18, 2019 By Rachel Fine

Nutrition for Healthy Dancers asked three parents to share their experiences with navigating the rigid world of a child’s dance career.

A Dancer’s Diet | Nutrition Supplements

September 12, 2019 By Rachel Fine

There’s no doubt that at some point along your dance training, you’ve heard about supplements. If not consuming a well-rounded diet that is sufficient in both calories and nutrients, dancers are at risk for developing deficiencies.

3 Tips to Tackle Your All-or-Nothing Mindset

September 9, 2019 By Rachel Fine

If you’re anything like me, you ‘re constantly battling thoughts that tell you “if it’s not perfect, then it’s not worth it.” As someone with perfectionist-type tendencies, I must make an active effort to translate preconceived superhuman ideals into sustainable (and realistic) goals. Are you ready to start building sustainable habits? Here are 3 tips to tackle your all-or-nothing mindset.

6 Reasons to Choose A Licensed Nutrition Expert

September 3, 2019 By Rachel Fine

For dancers, nutrition advice should come from a qualified source. Registered Dietitian Nutritionists accurately translate scientific jargon into accessible information. Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) are a dancer’s ideal source for meal planning and nutrition-related information. Before turning to either Google or a health coach, here are 6 reasons why you should consider a licensed professional for nutrition information.

Intuitive Eating | What You Should Know

August 30, 2019 By Rachel Fine

I chose to attain additional certification as a Professional Counselor of Intuitive Eating. This enables me to help others let go of restrictive habits. Together, we navigate an all-or-nothing mindset until we find true comfort in that grey area.

Meal Planing & Food Freedom Can They Coexist?

August 27, 2019 By Rachel Fine

A large part of learning how to eat intuitively involves raising body self-awareness. Learning how to eat intuitively also teaches us about the importance of compassionate self-care.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 21, 2019 By Rachel Fine

Simple ingredients with a not-so-simple taste. These decadent cookies are as real as it gets. No hidden nutrition agenda, no secret agent fiber additive, and absolutely no protein powder. Yup, straight from a dietitian’s kitchen to yours. It’s time we let cookies be cookies.

What “Should” a Dancer Eat in A Day?

August 19, 2019 By Rachel Fine

With gruesome schedules for training and rehearsing, dancers benefit from convenient snacks that are packed with nutrient-rich ingredients as part of a daily menu. Nutrition is critical to so many aspects of a dance including jump height, endurance, aerobic capacity, injury prevention, and weight management.

Taste: The Fourth Macronutrient

August 16, 2019 By Rachel Fine

When it comes to meal prep, I often talk about balance. I stress the importance of combining each macronutrient including carbohydrates, protein, and fat. These hold several responsibilities in the body and when incorporated together into a balanced meal, they come together to enhance energy, promote satisfaction, and keep us full for longer. But let’s […]

The Importance of Dance Nutrition

August 12, 2019 By Rachel Fine

What does a dancer’s diet look like? To best address the role of nutrition in a dancer’s diet, let’s look at the most common questions that I receive as a dance nutritionist.

Emotional Eating | Tips & Advice

July 15, 2019 By Rachel Fine

Society often views emotional eating negatively. A healthy relationship with food means that we honor personal preferences that often stem from emotionally pleasant memories and experiences.

Define A Healthy Body Weight

June 26, 2019 By Rachel Fine

How do we measure a healthy body weight? Body weight, as a measured number, encompasses a spectrum of components of body composition.

Dancers & Disordered Eating- Biscuit Ballerina Feature

June 21, 2019 By Rachel Fine

As dancers, we often strive to perfect the imperfect. We continuously work to build upon a basic framework of movement that allows for both the improvement of our technique and the creation of our art.

Be A Summer Intensive Success Story!

June 5, 2019 By Rachel Fine

Summer intensives offer an incredible opportunity for dancers. Food is the body’s fuel. Without enough fuel, a dancer risks low energy, inability to concentrate, injury, and burnout.

Counseling For Dancers – Feature

May 21, 2019 By Rachel Fine

The road to rebuilding one’s relationship with food can be daunting as we attempt to balance the use of food in optimizing one’s performance with the use of food in rediscovering one’s personal enjoyment. Finding a middle ground between “healthy” and “ too healthy” is further distorted with the masses of misinformation surrounding health.

Reduce the Stress

May 2, 2019 By Rachel Fine

Did you know that stress and anxiety pose negative health implications on both our body and our mind?

Ditch the Diet

April 2, 2019 By Rachel Fine

Restrictions put us at risk for negative health consequences that impact our biological and psychological wellbeing. Here are four ways to build a healthier relationship with food.

Navigating Nut Free

February 27, 2019 By Rachel Fine

If you’re someone who typically relies on nuts as part of a plant-based diet while navigating a nut-free zone, it may be difficult to locate convenient meals and snacks.