by Joan Kent | Apr 15, 2013 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Last month, a participant in the weight management program for which I”™m the nutritionist asked me about cottonseed oil. He was confused because the statements he found were strongly divided between positive and negative. It...
by Joan Kent | Jan 14, 2013 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent A while ago, based on some long-held suspicions, I ran a PubMed search on weight gain and weight loss to assess the accuracy of a widely held belief. The belief, as the above title suggests, is that weight management hinges on...
by Joan Kent | Jul 16, 2012 | Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent OK, it”™s mean for sure. But when researchers want to stress mice, they pinch their tails. The first thing the mice do? Run to their food bowls and eat. It”™s a beta-endorphin thing. Beta-endorphin is released in response to...
by Joan Kent | Jun 25, 2012 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Fitness and health overlap but sometimes need to be considered separately. You can be fit but not healthy. How often have we seen that with pro athletes? You can also be healthy but not fit. We may see this with our students....
by Joan Kent | Jun 11, 2012 | Health and Wellness
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent Everyone”™s idea of a healthful diet is somewhat different these days. Never before has there been so much information on nutrition or so much disagreement about it. Protein is important for a number of reasons. The functions of...