Super Food Duos!
Dance Instructors in Orange County tips for improving your Health & Dance Life!
1. Heart Health - Feta Cheese & Red Peppers: Colorful vgetables are rich in carotenoids, which help reduce the risk of heart disease. In conjuction, the little fat found in foods such as Feta cheese increase your body's potential to absorb the nutrients . With dancing being such a high energy activity, this is very important for dance students and anyone taking dance lessons in Orange County.
2. Blood Cells - Spinach & Potatos: Pairing vitamin C-rich plant-based foods triggers a chemical reaction which which boosts the absorption of iron and transports oxygen to your blood cells.
Dance instructors in orange county highly recommend vitamin C for all dancers and health conscious people.
3. Prevent Cancer - Salmon & Broccoli: Fish, which has an abundance of minerals, paired with with certain types of vegetables, such as broccoli, raises the level of a cancer-fighting enzyme called Selenium. Scientific studies showed that, when paired, the combo was 13 times more effective at slowing cancer cell growth!
Combining nutrition and dance has been shown to drastically improve one's dancing by improving the efficiency of dancing training.
4. Them Bones -
Peanut Butter & Milk: Increase the absorption of milk's bone building vitamin D by adding peanut butter's monounsaturated fat. Strong bones are highly important in all types of Ballroom dancing in orange county and Latin dancing in orange county. Whether you are dancing salsa, swing, tango or cha cha, we recommend good food and nutrition to optimize your dance training.
*** Yummy Smoothie: Blend - 3/4 cups of milk, 3 tblsp. peanut butter, 2 tblsp. chocolate syrup, 1 banana, some ice, blend until smooth.***
(Try to buy organic foods that are in season to provide your body with the highest amount of natural vitamins possible.)
