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6 Nutrition Rules for Pro-Am Dancesport Competitors

As a registered dietitian and an amateur rhythm dancer, I KNOW the dietary struggle is real on competition day. You need to fuel your body, but you don’t want to be bloated. You want to load up on coffee for extra energy, but you don’t want to use the bathroom. Because it takes 10 minutes […]

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Whole Wheat Pumpkin Banana Bread & Why You Need MORE Pumpkin

How deep is your love for pumpkin? This time of year, do you need it in everything you consume? Good, I’m glad we can be basic together. But in defense of pumpkin and it’s perceived overuse, it is a very versatile gourd. And thank heavens we are doing something useful with pumpkin these days besides making […]

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From Dancer to Dietitian: Why Nutrition is My Life

When I entered college many years ago (yikes, insert awkward face), to many people’s surprise I declared Dance as my major when it was expected I would do something else…anything else. You could just feel friends and family cringe when they heard the news. Granted, dance had always been my main activity – sport if […]

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