by Joan Kent | Dec 6, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent One significant reason for sugar cravings is withdrawal. Withdrawal can promote cravings under various circumstances. If someone has recently stopped drinking alcohol, cravings for sugar can be strong and frequent. This involves the brain chemicals...
by Joan Kent | Nov 6, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
“I don”™t understand. She trains well.” The program manager made that comment when a participant in our weight loss program didn”™t get results. I was both an athletic coach and the lead nutritionist. His comment exasperated me. Of course she trained well. She was an...
by Joan Kent | Oct 16, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent My last few posts have dealt with aspects of sugar addiction, including sugar”™s effect on health. It”™s important — you want to be healthy, right? Still, I”™ve avoided one topic because it”™s almost guaranteed to alienate people — fructose. The sugar...
by Joan Kent | Oct 6, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Joan Kent As many of you know, cholesterol is absolutely vital to our lives and our health. It”™s a waxy, pearl-colored, solid alcohol that”™s produced primarily in the liver, but is so important every cell in the body can make its own....
by Joan Kent | Oct 4, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills
Early cycling classes. Late nights. Approaching holidays. Fall quarter can be a busy time, and it might be difficult to get enough sleep each night. But it's important to do so because sleep deprivation affects several factors related to health and weight management....