Nutritious meals

When dancing and doing any other sport it is important to stay fit and keep healthy. You also want to keep your energy up with the hard going sport. Food is major thing to keep you healthy and your energy up. It's choosing the right things to eat that can be difficult for some people. Depending on how much you dance determines how much you should eat. Full time dancers have to eat a lot each day to keep their metabolism up. Dancers need lots of carbohydrates, right kinds of fats, protein, and micronutrients.

For full time dancer it is important to eat a good breakfast before going to class. Some nutritious breakfast ideas are:

1) Blueberry Soy Shake

• 1 cup of frozen blueberries
• 1 cup of a soy beverage
• 1 banana
• 1 tsp. flaxseed oil (optional)

2) Scrambled eggs with toast

**For 1 and 2 website-  http://www.actsafe.ca/wp-content/uploads/resources/pdf/dancernutrition.pdf
Being a dancer it is also very important to eat many snacks during the day when you have time. Some healthy snack choices are:

1) Vegetables and low fat dips such as avocado-yogurt dip, creamy garlic-herb dip, smoked salmon dip, lima bean dip, and guacamole. To find these recipes and many more low calorie dips go to http://www.cookinglight.com/food/recipe-finder/low-cal-dips-spreads/low-cal-easy-guacamole

2) Fresh fruit

3) Nuts

Lastly, dancers need a good dinner. Some nutritious meals are:

1) Poached or baked chicken/fish with no skin

2) Steamed vegetables or rice

For desserts you can try frozen yogurt instead of ice cream or popcorn with NO butter.

**For more ideas and recipes go to this website: https://www.theballetworkshop.com/Nutrition_and_the_Dancer.html