As a dance educator I am interested in all aspects of health for dancers and athletes, and everyone else too. I love to research anything to do with health, both in conventional and energy medicine...
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Too Old to Start Ballet - Don't Underestimate Yourself
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
The discussion about when you're too old to start ballet is ongoing. If you want to do ballet, don't underestimate yourself. If you have no dire medical condition, and are under 75, I say go for it. Many things in life are about finding the appropriate challenge. If you can find the right ballet classes, dance and enjoy! I hear the same concern...
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Many Nutcracker Versions Are Loved By Ballet Fans Around The World
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
Professional ballet dancers typically work through the holidays performing one of the Nutcracker versions, up to ten ballet performances a week. If you are a ballet student rehearsing for your local Nutcracker, get those pointe shoes ready! Always have an extras pair broken in and ready to go. If you are a ballet fan, get your Nutcracker ticket...
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Ballet Positions, Ballet Techniques and Ballet Movements
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
There are many many books and ebooks published on ballet positions, ballet movements and ballet techniques. If you are a new ballet student, how do know what you are looking at? Which ones might you choose to learn from? There are different ballet techniques. Which one is right for you? Will you get dance injuries if you practice ballet position...
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A Professional Attitude For Ballet and Dance Students
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
Teachers in any kind of child, teen, adult education or college classes need their students to have basic good manners. Listening, not disrupting the class in any way, are skills that teachers hope every child has before they come to kindergarten. If only. In ballet and dance classes progress depends on quick understanding by the students, as t...
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Supplement Your Nutrition and Increase Your Chromium in Food
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
Some studies have noted that chromium has a benefit on lowering heart attack risk, and may help boost HDL levels. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has stated that an Adequate Intake (AI) for chromium is 25-35mcg per day, which was concluded by estimating the average amount of chromium a healthy American obtains from the foods they ingest. The AI ...
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A Cosy Little Chat About Pointe Shoes With a Nice Cup of Tea
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
I hear a lot from students whose local ballet store does not stock more than a couple of brands, Their pointe shoes feel terrible. So who's in control - your pointe shoe or foot muscles? If you are one of these troubled pointe shoe ballet dancers, get a nice cup of tea or a Starbucks latte if you prefer, and we'll have a cosy little chat about p...
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Use of the Theraband For Ballet Shoes and Pointe Shoes
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
There are many uses for the therabands, so I'll discuss a few here, focusing on the feet, toes and ankles. If you are already doing pointe work, these exercises will enhance your precision of technique, save your calf muscles from over-work, and increase your gracefulness in pointe shoes. Most ballet stores carry some brand of stretchy bands, an...
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You Can't Stand Green Vegetables Yet You Want Strong Ballet Muscles
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
I know there are many talented ballet dance students and young people training to win in the different sports arenas who do not take nutrition seriously. Until they get injured, or until their recovery periods no longer suffice to recover in. Green vegetables are number one on their "can't stand" list. A simplistic explanation of how ...
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But I Can't Stand Green Vegetables!
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
On a search for the phrase "can't stand green vegetables" a quarter million sites showed up. I read a few posts about this - some very humorous and some adamant that these veggies are not meant for human consumption. Burping and intestinal gas are frequent complaints. The use of cruciferous vegetables has been documented for a few tho...
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Noni Leads the Partnership With Superfood Berries
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
Anti-oxidant berries and fruits from both northern and tropical areas give us an edge on our wellness. New super food mixtures containing phyto-nutrients, vitamins, flavinoids, enzymes and co-factors lead the partnership with omega 3 oils, green vegetables and salads, and lean proteins, to create our optimum health. Why could berries be called ...
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How to Learn a Ballet Style Workout at Home
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Dance
A concern many dance teachers share is the learn-ballet-online concept. Learning ballet from scratch without a teacher is simply not a realistic goal. In fact, the chance of avoiding a dance injury is almost nil. If you cannot get into a ballet class, there are many styles of full body workouts that fulfill the healthy requirements for building ...
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Benefits Of Omega 3 Fatty Acids (Oils) Fron Fit Fuel
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
• Reduce the risk of stroke and sudden heart attack by 50-80% • Improve good cholesterol • Decrease bad cholesterol • Reduce joint inflammation and rheumatoid arthritis • Improve brain function • Prevent Alzheimer's • Reduce the risk of breast cancer • Reduce the risk of prostate can...
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Ultra Health Ocean Pollution and Purified Omegas
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
Ocean pollution is something to be concerned about. Mercury is an ongoing problem. It is created every day from burning coal. It ends up in the ocean, and in the fish. While we respond to nutrition education by adding more fish to our diet for anti-inflammatory effects, we pollute our brain's health with mercury. Our alternative is purified omeg...
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Improve Your Diet, Understand Good Fats and Help Your Asthma
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
Researchers now suggest that the epidemic of childhood asthma is associated with a change in the omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio in the diet. It used to be around 5:1, (omega 6 to omega 3) but is now closer to 15:1. The researchers found that children who regularly consumed fresh, oily fish (such as mullet, orange roughy, Atlantic salmon or ...
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Natural Anti-inflammatory Foods and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Or IBS
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
The causes of irritable bowel syndrome are unclear. However, the Western diet full of refined and chemical foods, is implicated. Emotional and stress related factors are also as issue. If you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome some of the following information may help you improve your situation. Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS, is more wides...
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Anti-aging Nutrition and Alzheimers Research
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
UCLA scientists have confirmed that fish oil is a deterrent against Alzheimer's. Many Alzheimer's researchers have stated that fish oil, whether taken in the diet from salmon, tuna, mackeral or other fish, or by nutritional supplementation, is an easily available and inexpensive food that may delay or prevent this degenerative disease. DHA is t...
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A No Brainer Brain Healing Nutritional Supplement
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
Dr. David Amen is a well known psychiatrist who has written books about brain healing. One nutritional supplement that he talks about is omega 3 oil. And there are so many other health practitioners writing and talking about brain healing, nutritive support, as well as addressing many other conditions as those which can be healed with omega 3 oi...
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Preventing Bone Loss With Omega 3 Fatty Acids - Amazing Natural Health Remedies
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
There are many studies to show that adding omega 3 fatty acids to your diet preserves your bone density. The phenomena of losing bone density in older people, or at the beginning of menopause for women, is related to inflammation. Since omega 3 oils can decrease inflammation throughout the body, it seems especially important to eat omega 3 oils ...
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Shocker - Sugar and Inflammation Make Life Less Sweet
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Dianne B.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating
Even though I have long been aware of the detrimental effects of sugar, while reading articles on sugar and the resulting inflammatory havoc it causes in the human brain and body, I found it to be a real shocker. Not sweet at all. Blood sugar, insulin and insulin resistance, chronic inflammation and many resulting degenerative diseases are all ...
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