150. Diet Culture in the Dance Industry with Louisa Paterson of Train Like a Ballerina

<div data-paragraph="true">In <strong>episode 150 of Holistic Health Radio I'm joined by Louisa Paterson</strong>, a retired professional dancer and founder of <a href= "https://trainlikeaballerina.com/">Train Like a Ballerina.</a></div> <div data-paragraph="true"> </div> <div data-paragraph="true">Her passion is to help ballerinas and ballet enthusiasts train smarter, not harder, perfect their technique and learn from the worlds leading experts on proper nutrition, strength and flexibility, mindset and anatomy. </div> <div data-paragraph="true"> </div> <div data-paragraph="true"><strong>While she's a wealth of information today and now lives a very balanced lifestyle, that wasn't always the case.</strong> Away from family and unsure of what to eat, combined with nutrition myths and fads perpetuated by dance teachers, <strong>Louisa fell into a pattern of under fuelling her body</strong>. It was only later through her own education and distance away from the dance world that she realised how disordered and toxic it can be.  </div> <div data-paragraph="true"> </div> <div data-paragraph="true">This is an episode that will inspire you and full you with hope, while also opening your eyes to how insidious diet culture can be in the dance industry.</div> <p class="p1"><span class="Apple-converted-space">In this episode Louisa exposes the dangers of diet culture in the dance world including:</span></p> <ul> <li class="p1"><span class="Apple-converted-space">How disordered eating is normalised</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Common nutrition myths perpetuated by dance teachers</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="Apple-converted-space">A snapshot of what life was like as a professional dancer</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="Apple-converted-space">When she first got her period and the negative meaning she attached to it because of a dance class experience</span></li> <li class="p1"><span class="Apple-converted-space">How easy it is to get caught in the trap of "I'll be happy when.