by Joan Kent | Dec 8, 2014 | Health and Wellness
In a previous post, I listed the DSM-5 criteria for addiction and left tolerance and withdrawal for another time because they take a bit more explanation. For the sake of completeness, here they are. I promise to keep this short! Tolerance and withdrawal are linked...
by Joan Kent | Dec 1, 2014 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
Have you heard about stomach hunger versus mouth hunger? Many nutritionists and dietitians talk about this. A client mentions eating Something Bad, and the practitioner asks, “Was it stomach hunger or mouth hunger?” A variation on the question is, “Was it physical...
by Joan Kent | Nov 24, 2014 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
(Indoor cycling instructors probably have their holiday eating under control, so this post is for your participants. I hope the information helps them.) Quite a few years ago, I was on staff at a 10-day seminar on nutrition and eating behaviors. We lived at the ranch...
by Joan Kent | Nov 17, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog
Giving nutrition talks in many locations lets me meet interesting people. After a recent presentation, a man came up afterward to tell me about his doctoral research. Dull, you think? Hardly. The man is working on a program for juvenile offenders that teaches them...
by Joan Kent | Nov 10, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
Recently, someone with a self-proclaimed Sweet Tooth asked me the difference between that and sugar addiction. The question brought out the geek in me, so I decided to share the information with you. Why We Like Sweet We”™re hardwired to like sweet. In fact, a fetus...