by Joan Kent | Sep 2, 2014 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
Have you ever noticed that some of your students react more strongly to sugar than others? That they seem to want it more often, crave it frequently, and want more even after they”™ve eaten some? The reasons are genetic. I love that because it takes all the “blame”...
by Joan Kent | Aug 11, 2014 | Best Practices, Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
It”™s dinnertime, and I”™m flying home to San Francisco from a Houston business trip. The flight attendant is bringing around the service cart and I”™m about to order … milk. I never drink milk, so why now? Let”™s go back to how the day started. Fortunately, I had...
by Joan Kent | Aug 4, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
Stage races span the duration spectrum. Shorter stage races that are done over a weekend might feature a time trial and road race on Day 1, for example, then a criterium on Day 2. These points on fueling for stage races are culled from several sources — cycling books,...
by Joan Kent | Jul 21, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent - It was, as the saying goes, déjà vu all over again. There we were, toward the end of the day at a conference that featured lectures on health problems from eating gluten, health problems from free glutamate, and similar topics. The audience accepted...
by Joan Kent | Jun 30, 2014 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
Have any of your students ever told you they want to lose weight, even though you (and everyone else) think they “look fine”? What advice have you given them? This post is about the unconventional advice I gave a nutrition client when everyone was telling her the...